.liNICTUS. 21 



separated from the basal portion by a distinct carina; legs long 

 and robust, the femora moderately clavate but constricted at apex. 

 Nodes of the pedicel rounded, convex, the 1st node posteriorly 

 more vertical than the 2nd node, both nodes finely and delicately 

 sculptured ; abdomen elongate, oval, highly polished, smooth and 

 shiniug. 



Lenifth, ^ 3-4 mm. 



Mab. Dehra-Duu to Travancore and Madras ; Kanara ; probably 

 throughout continental India. 



Smith originally described this species erroneously under the 

 genus Eciton, giving as habitat " South America ? '' with a doubt. 

 The types came out of General Hardwicke's collection and are now 

 in the British Museum. Surprising to say they, as well as several 

 other specimens from the same collection, are now labelled " India," 

 apparently in Smith's own writing. Why and under what mis- 

 conception Smith, at the time of writing his description, considered 

 the species American it is impossible to say. His error has not, 

 so far as I know, been yet corrected, and I believe it has been 

 copied into several works, e.(j. Mayr's Eeise d. jN'ovara, Eorniicidae, 

 p. 76 ; Eorel's Tormigas do Brazil,' Boletim do Museu Paraense, i, 

 fasc. 2, p. 121; and Dalla Torre's 'Catalogus Hymenopferorum,' vii, 

 p. 8. Comparing specimens of ^Enictus benr/alensis, Mayr, in 

 Mr. Eothney's collection, named, I believe, by Dr. Mayr himself, 

 with the types of ^. paclujcerus, Smith, I find that they are 

 identical. 



24. .SJnictllS brevicornis, Jf«j/r (Typhlatta), Verh.zool.-lot. Ges. Wien, 



xxviii (1878), pp. 668 & 669, ^ ; Forel, Jour. Bomb. N. H. Hoc. 

 xiii (1901), p. 466, ^ . 



5 . Reddish or fulvous yellow, mandibles, antennce and legs a 

 little paler. Head, thorax, and abdomen with sparse erect 

 rather short pale yellow hairs. Head rectangular, very broad 

 posteriorly, smooth and shining; mandibles with three distinct 

 teeth ; antennae very short and massive, much thicker propor- 

 tionately than in any other species. Thorax narrower than the 

 head ; pronotum convex, smooth and shining ; mesonotum pos- 

 teriorly and metanotum densely but very finely and delicately 

 rugulose ; basal portion of the metanotum passing by a gradual 

 curve, uninterrupted by a carina, into the obliquely-sloping apical 

 portion ; legs short, rather robust, femora and tibii.e remarkably 

 clavate and swollen. Nodes of pedicel rounded, shining, the 

 anterior node slightly rugulose in front ; abdomen elongate, oval, 

 proportionately rather massive. 



Length, g 2"-5-3 mm. 



Hah. India : N.A\r. Provinces (Smi/tJiies), Calcutta, Bangalore, 

 Calicut (Rothneij) ; Assam (Lojuj). The smallest of the Indian 

 species. 



25, .ffinictus punensis, Fore/, Jour. JOomb. N. II. Soc. xiii (1901), 



pp. 466 & 476, ^. 



^ . Brownish or yellowish red, the mandibles, antenna) and 



