I'ORMICIDiE. 



Bori/Ius Icevigntus, c?. 



abdoiiieii, a pale sericeous pubescence; head and scape of the 

 antennae fuscous black or brown, tlagellum of the antennae, 

 mandibles, and legs castaneous ; wings hyaline with a fulvous 



brownish tint. Head sliort, 

 transverse, the region of 

 the ocelli only slightly raised. 

 Tliorux gibbous in front ; 

 mesonotuin very convex ; 

 scutellutn prominent, the 

 apex bearing a longitudi- 

 nal ■ impi'ession ; metanotum 

 rounded posteriorly ; legs 

 very short. Node of pedicel 

 broader than long, very 

 convex and rounded above ; 

 abdomen massive, robust, curved downwards, clavate towards the 

 apex. 



^ maj. Castaneous brown, smooth and 

 shining, punctures very small and sparse. 

 Head rectangular, much longer than broad, 

 the occiput emarginate, the front of the head 

 bearing a short medial longitudinally im- 

 pressed line or furrow. Thorax short, flat 

 above, about as long as the head ; legs short, 

 robust. Node of the pedicel much broader 

 than long, anteriorly with a gradual slope 

 forwards, posteriorly vertical ; abdomen mas- 

 sive, somewhat lighter in colour than the 

 head and thorax. 



^ min. Similar, smaller, much lighter in 

 Fig. b.-Lorylus colour. 



Iceoigatus, ^ niaj. ^ _ Apterous, reddish brown, smooth and 



shining. Head broad, transverse, destitute of eyes or ocelli ; 

 the mandibles narrow, sickle-shaped; antennae short, geniculated ; 

 the tlagellum 11-jointed : thorax somewhat narrow and constricted; 

 legs short and feeble, claws simple ; ])edicel with a trapezoidal 

 node, broader than long, widely separated from the 1st abdominal 

 segment ; abdomen very long, heavy and massive. {After 

 Oerst'dclcer.) 



Lenr/th, d ^-t ; $ 32 ; ^ vtaj. 8 ; ^ min. 4-5 mm. 

 Hub. Jjower Burma, near Rangoon (Fea) ; Tenasserim, Haung- 

 draw valley, Mergui (Blnr/ham). Found also in Borneo and 

 Java. 



3. Dorylus orientalis, Wesfw. P. Z. S. v (1835), p. 72, cf ; I'orel, 

 Join: Bomb. iV. JI. Soc. xiii (1901), p. 463, d ^"t ^ . 

 Dorylus loiigicornis, Shuck. Ann. JV. II. v (1840), p. '.j'lX, (^ . 

 Labidus (Typhlopoue) cuitisi, Shuck, t. c. p. 1'65, § . 

 Alaoponeoberthm-i, Emery, Ami. Mus. Civ. Gen. xvi (1S8I), p. 274, ^ . 



(S . Brownish yellow, the mandibles and legs castaneous 



