CERAPACIITS. 



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lateral angles acute, the auteiiuie remarkably clavate and swollen 

 toN^ards the apex. Thorax slightly arched and rounded above, the 

 posterior face o!: the metanotum smooth, bordered by a semi- 

 circular carina ; legs with the femora and tibiae incrassate, the 

 femora slightly compressed, the tibia) cylindrical. Pedicel cubical, 

 rounded above, as wide as the basal abdominal segment ; abdomen 

 elongate, the 2nd segment wide and long, veiy convex above : the 

 constriction between the basal two segments very broad and deep, 

 giving the appearance to this species of having a 2-joiuted pedicel. 



Len<itli, ^ 5-7 mm. 



Hah. Ceylon {Yerhunj) ; Burma, Pegu Toma {Allan). 



33. Cerapachys risii, Ford, in Gmndldiers Hist. Madar/asc. xx, 1892, 



p. 244 (footnote), i} : id. Jour. Bomb. K. If. Soc. xiii (1000), 



p. 331,$. 



^ . Black and shining ; the mandibles, antennae and legs 



bx'ownish or reddish yellou', the head and thorax sparsely but 



coarsely punctured, the pedicel more densely punctured and 



longitudinally coarsely furrowed or wrinkled ; the whole insect 



covered rather abundantly with tine long erect yellowish hairs, 



most dense towards the apex of the abdomen. Head convex in 



front, slightly narrower posteriorly than ia front, the posterior 



lateral angles" acute ; the mandibles, clypeus, and antennal carinae 



more reddish in colour than the legs. Thorax strongly rounded 



and convex above, submargined anteriorly ; the posterior face_ of 



the metanotum flat, bordered above and on the sides by a shining 



carina ; legs with the femora and tibia) cylindrical, rather densely 

 pubescent. Node of the pedicel longer than broad, convex above, 

 sub-concave in front and rounded posteriorly ; abdomen elongate, 

 the constriction between the basal two segments broad and well- 

 marked ; basal segment much broader posteriorly than iu front, 

 where it is transverse and submargined, posteriorly the constricted 

 apical portion is smooth and shining, divided off by a deeply 

 impressed transverse line ; 2nd segment broader than the 1st, re- 

 maining segments gradually narrower ; apex of the abdomen acute. 



Length, ^ 5-5-(;-5 mm. 



Hah. India, 8ikhim {Bine/ham) ; Burma (Fca), extending to the 

 Malay Peninsula. 



