CREMASTOGASTER. 137 



truncate ; the mandibles folding close into the head ; the clypeus 

 reniarkabl}" large and broad, its anterior margin transverse : 

 anreunas somewhat slender ; the flagellum gradually thickened to 

 the apex, without any distinct club, the last joint the longest ; 

 eyes placed about the middle on the sides of the head. Thorax : 

 the pronotum entirely depressed beneath the large convex meso- 

 notum which overhangs it anteriorly ; metanotum oblique, entirely 

 miarmed ; the thorax declivous hut rounded posteriorly. Pedicel 

 short, the Isfc joint thick, a little broadened and concave anteriorly : 

 2nd joint with a narrow transverse undivided, somewhat squami- 

 form node, very narrow, longitudinally rounded above ; abdomen 

 larger than in the ^ , subcordate. Wings hyaline, the usual radial, 

 one cubital and one discoidal cell almost obsolete, merely indicated 

 by transparent nervures. 



(5 . Similar to the $ , smaller, the head much smaller, the eyes 

 and ocelli large ; mandibles narrow and pointed at apex ; antennae 

 filiforii), with the scape very short. Thorax and pedicel smaller, 

 but similar to those of the $ ; abdomen short, broad, coi'date ; the 

 external genital valves broad and curved. 



Length, ^ 2-5-3; 5 4; c? 3 mm. 



Hah. Western India : Thana (6r7ertc?o«f) ; Kauara (PrtZ?i.''ey"). 



Var. inr/lehi/i, Forel, from Travancore, differs in not having the 

 head so truncate anteriorly and the antennae proportionately 

 longer ; the scape extends beyond the top of the head. 



158. Cremastogaster ransonneti, Mat/>-, Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, 

 xviii (1868), p. 287, ? . 



^ . Head and abdomen dark chestnut-brown; thorax chestnut- 

 red, inclining to yellowish in some specimens ; head, thorax and 

 abdomen very smooth, polished and shining all over ; pilosity and 

 pubescence light yellowish, very sparse, almost wanting. Head 

 nearly square, slightly broader than long, the occiput transverse ; 

 eyes placed about the n)iddle of the head ; mandibles punctured, 

 the masticator}' margin oblique : clypeus short and broad; antennae 

 slender, the scape extending a little beyond the top of the head, 

 the club of the flagellum formed of the apical three joints. Thorax 

 comparatively narrow ; the pronotum laterally bituberculate and 

 subuiargiued ; pro-mesonotal suture indicated but not distinct ; 

 metanotum small, oblique; meso-metanotal suture distinct; meta- 

 notum depressed, with a broad, A-ei-y shallow and slight but distinct 

 transverse groove at base ; metanotum cubical, basal portion flat, 

 substriate, with very long, acute, shghtly divergent spines at the 

 posterior lateral angles, apical portion flat, vertical. Pedicel : the 

 broadened 1st joint slightly concave above, the sides subangular ; 

 2nd joint with a very short but distinct neck or petiole in front, 

 posteriorly raised and rounded, and longitudinally grooved ; 

 abdomen broad and very cordate. 



Lem/tJi, ^ 4-4'5 nnn. 



Hah. Si\<him (Biar/ham) ; Kanara (Wroiu/Jiion) : Ceylon (Yn-- 

 hury 6j' Green). 



