]14 roiiMiciDA:. 



scattered puuetures. Head rectangular, longer than broad, the 

 posterior lateral angles not prominent, rounded ; mandibles com- 

 paratively broad, obscurely longitudinally striate and punctured ; 

 clypeus vertical, its posterior portion slightly produced, anteriorly 

 creuulate ; antenna) short, coni])aratively stout ; eyes lateral and 

 a little to the front, placed about the middle of the head. Thorax 

 anteriorly tlat, compressed ; the pronotuin nearly scpuire, sub- 

 margined, contracted anteriorly into a short neck ; [)ro-niesonotal 



Fig. 54. — Sinia allaborans, ^ . a. Head. 



suture distinct but not emarginate ; mesonotum longitudinally 

 oval : thorax in profile emarginate at the meso-metanotal suture ; 

 metanotum raised, convex, strongly compressed ; legs of modei'ate 

 length, rather stout. Pedicel with the nodes comparatively large, 

 the 1st oval, petiolate anteriorly, the 2nd broader than the 1st, 

 conical : abdomen elongate, narrowly o\ al. 



Length, ^ 5-6 mm. 



Hah. Bengal (Rothnei/); Western India (Wroiu/htou); Ceylon 

 (Kothney 4' Green) ; Burma, Pegu Yoma {Bingham), Bhamo {Fea). 



134. Sima fergusoni, Forel. 



Sima nigra, Smith, race fergusoni, Forel, liev. Suisse Zool. x (190:?), 



p. 248. 



^ . Resembles ^'. nigra, but is nuich more slenderly built. 

 Black ; mandibles, antennae and legs obscure castaneous bro\An, 

 the antennse with a somewhat reddish tinge ; pilosity pale, some- 

 what abundant, especially on the abdomen. Head as in S. nigra, 

 but with the posterior portion of the clypeus not so projecting, 

 shorter. Thorax a little narrower than the head, very deeply 

 emarginate at the meso-metanotal suture, the convexity of the 

 pro- and mesonotum in front of, and the convexity at the meta- 

 notum posterior to, the emargination very much more marked than 

 in S. nigra. Pedicel remarkably long, the 1st node narro\\- and 

 with a very long petiole anteriorly : 2nd node also elongate, 

 longer than broad, but conical ; abdomen much as in S. nigra, but 

 narrower. 



Length, ^ 5 to 5-5 mm. 



