104 foemicid;e. 



margin darker. The whole head is sparsely coarsely punctured, 

 with smooth shining interspacf-s ; in the antennal hollows and the 

 bases of the antennje, the i)unctures are finer and more dense. 



" The thorax is in the same way coai'sely punctured with smooth 

 interspaces ; the apical face of the metathorax is altogether 

 smooth and shining. 



" The node is thick, nearly cubical, about as long as it is high, 

 anteriorly and posteriorly abruptly truncate, rounded above, seen 

 from above somewhat broader po.steriorly M'ith an upward directed 

 acute hind margin. The coarse puncturing is a little coarser than 

 on the thorax. 



'•' The abdomen is nearly cylindrical, the basal two segments are 

 the largest, and hide the great portion of the other segments. 

 The 1st is anteriorly abruptly truncate, posteriorly rounded and 

 constricted, somewhat coarsely and closely punctured, smooth 

 on the posterior margin. The ^nd segment is more sparsely 

 punctured, and is likewise smooth posteriorly and shining yellow. 

 The sting is somewhat long, bent upwards. 



" The legs are bright yellowish red, somewhat slender, pilose. 

 Tibiae and metatarsi somewhat pilose, on the anterior pair of legs 

 the latter thickly so. The tarsi taken together are almost all longer 

 than the jnetatarsi. Claws fine, not dentate. 



" 2 • Closely resembles the ^ ; only the head is a little broader 

 than the thorax, the frontal carinse terminate at the 1st ocellus, 

 broadening somewhat. The thorax as well as the node of pedicel 

 more finely punctured than in the ^ .'" (Roger.) 



Length, ^ -4-4-5 ; § 4-5 mm. 



Hah. Ceylon. 



TJnknow^u to me, and apparently very rare. The above, so far 

 as I know, is the only record of the species. 



Genus CRYPTOPONE. 



Amblvopone, pt., Motsch. Bull. Sue. Nat. Mosc. xxxvi (2) (1863), 



p. 15, 9. 

 Cryptopoue, Emery, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1893, p. 240. 



Type, C. testacea, Motsch. 



Range. Recorded so far only from Ceylon. 



'■ $ . Clypeus cariuate, anterior margin widely arched, acute, 

 not toothed. Mandibles narrow, the masticatory margin very 

 oblique, with 5 teeth. Eyes absent. Frontal carinte short, close 

 together. Antennae 12-JGinted, club 4-jointed. Thoracic sutures 

 distinct. Pedicel nodiform, inserted at the lower third portion of 

 the anterior face of base of abdomen. Legs thick, short ; first 

 joint of tarsus much shorter than the tibia) ; calcaria long, pecti- 

 nate ; claws simple." {Emenj.) 



126. Cryptopone testacea, Motsch. (Amblypone) Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 

 xxxvi (2) (1863) p. 15, $ ; Eviery, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1893, 

 p. 240, s^ . 



" ^ . Testaceous, pubescent, sparsely pilose, subopaque, very 



