102 FOEMICID-l. 



mesonotum, its basal and apical truncate portions about equal. 

 Xode of the pedicel fiat in front and posteriorly, rounded above ; 

 abdomen rather massive. 



5. tSimilar to the $ but larger; antennae thicker, the scape 

 proportionately shorter ; eyes much larger, ocelli present. Thorax 

 and abdomen more massive. 



Fig. o3. — Brachfjjjunerri lutcipes, 2 • 



" 6 • Of a dusky testaceous yellow. Wings long, lightly 

 yellow, nervures and stigma of a brownish yellow. Rather 

 smooth, subopaque, feebly pubescent ; flagellum of the antennse 

 brown." {Forel.) 



Length, ^ 3'5-4 ; $ 4*5 ; ^ 4 mm. 



Jiah. Throughout India, Burma, and Ceylon, extending to the 

 Malay peninsula. 



123. Bracliyponera jerdoni, Forel (Ponera), Jour. Bomb. X. H. Soc. 



xiii (1900), pp. 324 & 327, ^ . 



g . Closely resembling B. luteipes, Mayr, but distinctly smaller 

 and slighter, with the mandibles, autennte and legs of a lighter 

 colour than in that species. Tiiorax with the pronotum more 

 rounded (in B. lutel/pes the anterior lateral angles of the pronotum 

 are very distinct), and the head shorter, more square, the eyes 

 very much smaller, and the whole insect more smooth and shining. 



LeugtJi, ^ 3-3*5 mm. 



Hah. Eecorded from Bengal {Rothney), Western {Wro^^gl1ton) 

 and Southern India {Rotliney), and Assam {Smythies). 



124. Brachyponera nigrita, Emery, Ann. Mm. Civ. Gen. xxxiv (1894), 



p. 4r)9, ^ ; Forel (I'onera), Jour. Bomb. N. H. Soc. xiii (1900), 

 pp. 324 & 326, ^ . 



^ . Eesembles B. Ivteipes, Mayr, but is lai-ger and more slen- 

 derly made. Black and shining, the mandibles, flagellum of the 

 anteniije and legs reddish brown. Head without the mandibles 

 neai'ly square, as broad posteriorly as in front, the cheeks vie\\ed 

 from the front not much arched, nearly straight ; mandibles 

 slightly broader than in B. Tuteipes, finely punctured; antennae 

 longer, more massive ; eyes very much larger, placed higher up on 

 the sides of the head. Thorax anteriorly broad, the pronotum 

 strongly convex, the mesonotum raised and very gibbous, the 

 basal portion of the metanotum depressed, longer than the obliquely 

 truncate apical portion. Node of the pedicel as high as the base 



