CREMASTOGASTER. 131 



1-1^7. Cremastogaster politula, Forel. 



Cremastogaster subiuida, Mai/r, race politulu, Forel, Rev. Suisse 

 Zoo/. X (1902;, p. 207, §. 



^ . Light chestuut-recl, the fiagellum of the auteume, the 

 thorax, legs and pedicel of a lighter shade, approaching yellowish, 

 the abdomea in some specimens slightly brownish postei'iorlv ; 

 pilosity sparse, consisting of a few scattered pale hairs : head, 

 thorax and abdomen smooth -and shining, ^'ery minutely but 

 sparsely punctured, nowhere striate or rugiilose. Head a very 

 little longer than broad, the cheeks convex ; mandibles punctured ; 

 clypeus broad and low, the medial portion convex, its anterior 

 margin arched, the sides anteriorly widely emarginate; antennae 

 long and moderately thick, the scape long, extending beyond the 

 top of the head by about one-fifth of its own length, the club of 

 the fiagellum very distinct, formed of the apical three joints ; eyes 

 lateral, placed at an equal distance from the top of the head and 

 the base of the mandibles. Thorax : the pronotum bi-oad, flat 

 above, rounded in front, laterally somewhat angular ; pro-mesonotal 

 suture obsolete ; meso-metauotal suture well marked ; narrow 

 basal portion of metanotum passing by a gentle curve into the 

 apical portion ; metanotal spines thick at base, very short and 

 acute, pointing obliquely outwards and upwards. Pedicel : the 

 1st joint flat above, much broadened, subtriangular, with the base 

 rounded, the sides converging to the apex ; 2nd joint with a very 

 short, slightly swollen petiole in front, posteriorly longitudinally 

 grooved and formed above into two equal rounded tubercles ; 

 abdomen moderately broad and cordate. 



Lencjth, ^ 3-3"3 mm. 



Hah. Assam {Smythies) ; Upper Burma, Myitkyina, and Bhamo 

 {Bingliani). 



14S. Cremastogaster hodgsoni, Forel, Rev. Suisse Zool. y (]902) 



p. 204, ^. 



g . Head, thorax and pedicel dark reddish brown, mandibles, 

 antennte and legs slightly lighter in colour, abdomen dark brown; 

 pilosity almost entirely wanting, completely absent on the scape 

 of the antennae and tibise of the legs, which, however, have a 

 minute pubescence, visible only in certain lights ; head smooth, 

 only slightly shining, rather dull, but not opaque, a few obsolete 

 striie on the cheeks, the clypeus, and above the antennal hollows. 

 Thorax : the pronotum reticulate, the mesonotum and basal portion 

 of the metanotum longitudinally striate, rugulose ; pedicel and 

 abdomen smooth but dull, very minutely i-eticulate, and in certain 

 lights slightly shining. Head without the mandibles square, in 

 some transverse, in some slightly emarginate posteriorly; eyes 

 slightly elongate; mandibles longitudinally striate and with a few 

 scattered punctures ; clypeus convex in the middle, the anterior 

 margin transverse, slightly tui-ned inwards ; antennas comparatively 

 loug, the scape reaching a little beyond the top of the head, club 



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