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roiniic'iD.T:. 



5 . Entirely castaneous red, shining, rather sparsely and closely 

 punctured, the punctures most dense on the metanotuni and 

 pedicel, and very scattered and indistinct on the abdomen. 

 Pilosity long, fairly dense, yellowish red in colour, longest and 

 thickest towax'ds the apex of the abdomen. Head without the 

 mandibles nearly square, the posterior lateral angles rounded, 

 almost subtruncate ; mandibles punctured, the tips crossed, 

 leaving a large triangular space between tbem and the margin of 

 the clypeus ; anteunal cariuse ending in a bulging laminate plate 

 covering the base of the antennae ; these lamina), the lower part of 

 the lace on either side of them, and the posterior lateral margins 

 of the head coarsely striate. Thorax : the pronotuin broader than 

 long, rounded in front, transverse posteriorly ; mesonotum trans- 

 verse, meso-metanotal suture crenulate ; basal horizontal portion 



Fig. 24. — Myopoponc castanca, ^ . 



of metanotum only slightly longer than the obliquely sloping 

 apical portion, the latter tinely transversely striate ; legs more or 

 less densely pubescent, especially the tarsi, which are thickly 

 clothed with rather long golden-red hair. Pedicel above nearly 

 square, slightly broader than long ; abdomen with the 1st and 2nd 

 segments subequal in length, but the latter broader than the 

 former, and both broader than they are long. 



§ . " Occiput longitudinally striate, the pronotum level, with 

 the mesonotum forming part of the back. The mesonotum 

 anteriorly with two convergent and posteriorly with a single 

 medial furrow, as in the males of certain species. Wings shaded 

 with reddish brown. The rest as in the ^ ." (Forel.) 



Lewjth, ^ 9-11 mm. (including mandibles) ; mandibles 2 mm. 

 $ 14 mm. 



Hah. The Indo-Malayan region, and within our limits this ant 

 has been recorded from Ceylon (apud Bo(/er), the Xicobars (Iio;/er), 

 Burma and Tenasserim {Biinjlmyn). 



39. Myopopoue moelleri, sp. nov. 



$ . Jet-black and shining, the mandibles, the antennce, and the 

 apex of the laminae of the antennal carinre dark reddish Ijrown ; the 



