16 roKMiciu.t. 



niaiidibles in Dorylus hdvolm), smooth iiiul shining, shghtly 

 punctured, covered with loug curved hairs. Head like tliat of 

 ^E. (jhadoivi, transverse, much wider than long without the eyes, 

 widely aud deeply concave in front, the articulation with the 

 thorax forming the posterior margin ; ocelli raised ; head very 

 convex posteriori v from one eye to the other, while both eyes 

 are promineut anteriorly. Antennal carintc small and very close 

 together, confluent posteriorly in the hollow of the face. The 

 scape, dilated and thin as a leaf, is nearly translucid and a little 

 twisted. Flagellum not incrassate, all the joints longer than wide. 

 Mesonotum very convex auteriorly. The rest of the thorax, as 

 in J3. cJavaius, with the scutellum very convex and pron.iinent, 

 but the basal ])ortiou of the metanotunx is shorter, extremely 

 short, convex, passing with a curve into the oblique portion which 

 is a little concave. Abdomen curved, rather narrow; pygidium 

 entire. Femora and trochanters foliaceous like the scape. Tibiae 

 slightly clavate towards their apical two-thirds. Pedicel deeply 

 emarginate in front and posteriorly, twice as broad as long, rather 

 concave above. Beneath is a protuberance armed with a strong 

 tooth pointing backwards. Wings a little shorter than in yE. 

 davatas. tSmooth and sinning, with a scattered but distinct 

 puncturing. Pygidium very smooth, nearly devoid of any punc- 

 tures. Legs and antennae with long, yellow, curly hair ; the rest 

 of the body nearly devoid of erect hairs. Pubescence yellow, 

 moderately plentiful, not hiding tlie sculpture. Yellow, a little 

 brownish aroiuid the mandibles. Head brown. AVings hyaline, 

 covered with fine pubescence nearly microscopic, nervures pale ; 

 stigma brownish yellow." (Forel.) 



Length, d O"4-5-0 nnu. 



Hab. Poona ( Wrowjhton) ; Kangoon, Burma {Brit. Mus.). 



1 quote Dr. Porel's very full description as the specimen in the 

 British Museum collection, which I identify as this species, is 

 darker and more punctured. It is probably only a variety. 



17. ^nictus wroughtoni, Furel, Aim. Soc Ent. Bel</ique, xxxiv 

 (ISitO). (.'. 1{. p. ciii, ^ S ; Jour. Bomb. N. H. Soc. v (1890), 

 p. ;^,89, and xiii (1901). pp. 4(5(5 & 468, ^ <S . 



J. Dark castaneous brown, shining; head nearly black, the 

 mandibles, anteniuie, legs and abdomen yellow, the last slightly 

 fuscous above. Head in front, the thorax aud pedicel with long 

 recumbent whitish pilosity ; abdomen glabrous, almost devoid of 

 pubescence. Head flat or slightly concave in front, eyes anterior, 

 the cheeks well developed, broad ; tlie ocelli prominent, placed on 

 an eminence ; the top of the head behind them flat ; m-indibles 

 proportionately large, broad, curved, convex on the outer side. 

 Tliorax massive, the mesonotum high and convex, the scutellum 

 prominent, rounded, not overhanging the metanotum, this last 

 almost verticiil, with the basal portion nearly obsolete ; legs with 

 the femora compressed, the tibiae clavate, but not so swollen at 

 apex as in ^E. shnckardi or ^E. (jreeni. Pedicel concave above 



