145. Formica blanda. B.M. Worker. Length 2- 2 1/2 lines.-The head anteriorly, the antennae, thorax, legs, scale of the peduncle and base of the abdomen ferruginous, and thinly covered with a changeable silvery pile; the disk of the thorax and the head with a few scattered long pale hairs; the head wider than the thorax, the latter compressed posteriorly. Abdomen black, densely covered with pale golden pubescence, and sprinkled with long pale hairs; the scale of the peduncle incrassate, forming a small obtuse node. Hab. Brazil (Santarem). (Coll. H. W. Bates.)

Published as part of Smith, F., 1858, Catalogue of the hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part VI. Formicidae., London :British Museum on page 43