388 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, 1800. 



Family HESPEMIDJE. 



96. Chtpra prominens, Moore. 



Bwetet, 8-2-90 ; Yokwa, 3-2-90, 5 3-90, 



97. Chapra mathias, Fabricius. 



Bwetet, 8-2-90. 



98. TJdaspes fohts, Cramer. 



Laivar, 31-3-90 ; Haka, 22-2-90. 



99. Padraona nicesa, Moore. 



Laivar, 31-3-90. 



100. Parnard berani, Moore. 



Bwetet, 11-2-90. 



101. Aniigbnus sura, Moore. 



Choungkwa, 25-3-90. 



102. Asticfopterus salsala, Moore. 



uENICTUS {TYPHLATTA) AND SOME NEW GENERA OF 



FOBMICIDiE. 



By Auguste Forel, Professor at the Zurich University. 



{Translated by R, C. Wroughton, Poona, from the Proceedings of the 

 Societe Entomohgiqwe d<> Belgique, 7th June, 1890.) 



Shuck ard first advanced the theory that the supposed family of 

 Dorylidce contained the males only of certain ants. Shuckard argued 

 most truly, and divined the truth in spite of the opposition of West- 

 wood and others. The discoveries of Gerstaecker, Trimen and 

 others have confirmed the fact that the Typhlopone (West.) are only 

 the £ (workers) of Dorylus. Further, the remarkable observations 

 of Wilhelm Miiller at Itajahy, and the discovery of Hetschks have 

 confirmed the analogous hypothesis of Sumichrast and Smith, and 

 have shown that the Labidus of America are only the $ (males) of 

 J'Jfiton, even though the Labidus have only one knot in the pedicle, 

 and that the Eeiton with their pedicle of two knots had till then been 

 classed as Myrmveido?. There remain the genera JEnictus and 

 Rkogmits of the Dorytidte, of which the $ has so far remained 

 unknown. By analogy it could be surmised that the genus Typhtatta 



