140 formiciDjE. 



abdomen blat-k or dark brown ; mandibles, antennae and legs 

 a lighter chestnut-red ; ])ilositv whitish, abimdant and fairly 

 long, especially on the head Jind thorax; on the legs it is more 

 sparse and oblique ; in the ^ min. it is a little less abundant ; 

 head linely loiij^'itudiiially striate ; thorax and pedicel more or less 

 coarsely, sometimes finely rugose-reticulate, the mesouotum finely 

 longitudinally striate ; abdomen smooth, but not very sinning or 

 polished. Head: ^ maj. broader than long, g htln. square; 

 occiput transverse; mandibles punctured and finely longitudinally 

 striate ; clypeus convex in the middle, the anterior margin trans- 

 vei'se. Antennae: the scape not quite reaching ( ^ maj.) or just 

 reaching ( ^ m^n.^ the ])Osterior margin of the head ; club of 

 flagelluin formed of the apical three joints, more distinct in the 

 $ min. than in the ^ maj. ; eyes placed about the middle of the 

 sides of the head. Thorax convex ( g maj.), slightly depressed 

 ( ^ mill.) in front ; the pronotum rounded in front and arched at 

 the sides ; mesonotum ( ^ 7nin.) laterally margined, pro-mesonotal 

 suture fairly distinct ; meso-metanotal suture deeply impressed ; 

 basal portion of metanotum transverse, broader than long ; 

 metauotal spines long, divergent and directed backwards and up- 

 wards ; apical face of metanotum smooth. Pedicel: the 1st joint 

 flat above, very wide and rounded anteriorly and on the sides, 

 narrowed posteriorly ; 2nd joint with a slightly raised rounded 

 node, divided longitudinally by a groove ; abdomen bi-oad. 



c5" . " Testaceous, head fuscous or fuscous black, the clypeus 

 paler, abdomen fusco-testaceous or fuscous ; the whole insect 

 covered with erect hairs, smooth, shining ; mandibles slightly 

 curved at base, plainly narrowed to the apex which is acute ; 

 antennae 12-jointed, short and thick, filiform, the scape about half 

 as long again as thick ; the 1st joint of the flagellum globose, the 

 rest cylindrical, clothed with dense, short erect hairs, the 2nd and 

 3rd joints coalescing and together twice as long as broad, joints 

 4 and 5 not or perhaps about as long as broad, the others 

 about twice as long as broad ; metanotum unarmed; 1st joint of 

 pedicel seen from above quadrate, the angles rounded, 2nd trans- 

 versely oval above without any longitudinal groove ; wings hyaline, 

 the costa testaceous." (3Iai/i:) 



Length, ^ 3-2-5-5 ; 6 -i-o mm. 



Ilah. Burma: Tenasserim (Allan, Hodgson, Bingham^. Ex- 

 tending to the Malayan subregion. 



This species is extremely close to C. dohrni, but the small 

 diiferences noted are constant. 



163. Creinastogaster rothneyi, 3/«//r, Ver/i. zo<d.-hot. Ges. Wivn, 

 xxviii (1878), jip. (J81 & G8o, ^ . 



^ . Head, thorax and pedicel rufo-ferruginous ; abdomen 

 fuscous bro\An to black ; the antenna? and legs pale yellow ; the 

 head and thorax above sometimes lightly infuscate ; pilosity pale 

 yellow, short and obtuse at apex, but fairly abundant, especially 

 on the abdomen ; head, thorax and pedicel opaque ; abdomen 

 smooth and slightly shining. Head longitudinally finely striate, 



