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the metauotal spines broadly triangular at base, acute at apex ; 

 pedicel as in the ^ , but the 2nd joint above has a rounded node 

 not very prominent and not divided either transversely or longi- 

 tudinally by a groove ; abdomen enormous, more than twice as 

 long and more than twice as broad as the thorax, very massive. 

 Head, thorax and abdomen of a deeper reddish yellow than the ^ , 

 and finely granulate, opaque. 



Length, ^ 1-8-2-3; $ 5'5 mm. ( $ abdomen 3 mm.). 



Hah. KvinviVVL{Aitlcen); Dehra Dun {Smytliies); Sikhim (ilioZto-) ; 

 Ceylon {Green). 



The specimens from Kanara separated as var. aitleni, Forel, are 

 more pilose, have the thorax striate-reticulate, subopaque, and the 

 metanotal spines divergent, not curved downwards. Specimens 

 from the Himalayas (var. si/mfhiesi, Forel) are entirely yellow with 

 scarcely any brown on the abdomen : the head and 1st joint of the 

 pedicel are square, the metanotal spines very long and divergent, 

 and the pilosity very sparse and short. 



This remarkable species of Creinastor/aster is as aberrant in 

 habits as in the form of the 2 • It makes no nests in trees as most 

 of the other species do, but lives in small communities under 

 stones, 



161. Cremastogaster dohrni, 3Iai/r, Verh. zool.-bof. Ges. Wien, xxviii 



(1878), pp. 081 & (iS2, ^ . 



5 . Dull brownish red or rusty, the antenna? and tarsi paler, 

 the abdomen darkening to brownish towards the apex ; pilositj' 

 pale reddish, sparse on the scape of the antennae and tibise. oblique. 

 Head longitudinally finely striate, opaque, the strite divergent 

 posteriorly ; mandibles finely longitudinally striate ; clypeus 

 convex, autei'iorly tranverse, ciliated , eyes round, lateral, placed 

 about the middle of the head. Thorax opaque, somewhat narrow, 

 depressed ; the pronotum arched anteriorly, closely finely rugidose 

 granulate ; mesonotum and basal portion of metanotum latendly 

 margined, the former rectangular, longer than broad, slightly 

 transversely concave, rugose-granulate; the latter broader than 

 long, longitudinally rugose, its posterior lateral angles armed with 

 two long backward-pointing spines which have a slight downward 

 curve: apical portion of metanotum nearly vertical, highly polished, 

 smooth and shining ; legs rather long, slender, finely punctured, 

 subopaque. Pedicel : the 1st joint broad and fiat above, obtusely 

 rounded at the sides, and with a round, rather small tubercle at 

 its posterior apex above ; 2nd joint of pedicel very short, longi- 

 tudinally sulcate, the lateral portions rounded ; abdomen shining, 

 very finely punctured. 



Length, ^ 3'o-5 mm. 



Hab. Ceylon {Yerhurji) ; Burma, Pegu Toma {Bingham). 



162. Cremastogaster artifex, Mai/r. J'er/i. zual.-hot. Gcs. M'ien, 



xxviii (1878), pp. 681 & 684, ^ S . 



^ . Head, thorax, pedicel and the base of the abdonien dark 

 chestnut-red, or chestnut with a yellowish tinge, at times ; 



