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dinally and regularly striate, the striie more or less obsolete ou 

 the apical concave face of the metauotum aiid on the pedicel ; legs 

 and abdomen smooth and shining ; pilosity almost entirely wanting, 

 pubescence very fine, only visible in certain lights, most abundant 

 on the antenna; and tarsi. Head broader than long, the cheeks 

 remarkably convex ; mandibles longitudinally finely striate ; 

 clypeus convex in the middle, its anterior margin transverse ; eyes 

 broadly oval, placed above the middle line of the head. Tliorax : 

 the pronotum rather broad and convex, the pro-mesonotal suture 

 arched ; mesonotum rectangular, sloping, posteriorly convex ; 

 thorax impressed at the meso-metauotal suture ; basal portion of 

 metanotum very short, twice as broad as long ; metanotal spines 

 thick at base, long and acute. Pedicel : the first joint flat, slightly 

 concave, broad anteriorly with the anterior lateral angles pro- 

 minent, posteriorly narrowed, about as broad at apex as it is broad ; 

 2nd joint deeply longitudinally grooved above, the portion on each 

 side of the groove rounded ; abdomen long, a little longer than 

 the head and thorax united, posteriorly strongly acuminate. 



5 . Resembles the ^ , but is of course larger with a verv much 

 more massive abdomen ; the head, thorax and pedicel are darker 

 red ; the head is proportionately much broader, broader than 

 long ; the mesonotum less rugose, more finely punctured, with 

 a few indistinct oblique striae diverging outwards from a medial 

 line ; the metanotal spines are shorter, more robust ; the 

 basal portion of the metanotum coarsely longitudinally striate, 

 depressed considerably beneath the level of the scutellum, which 

 latter is very gibbous posteriorly ; pedicel broad, the joints slight, 

 convex above ; abdomen smooth, shining, sliglitly longer than the 

 head and thorax united, and very broad. "Wings "bro^vnish, hyaline, 

 nervures brown. 



cJ . Piceous black, with a tinge of red in certain lights. Head 

 much smaller than in the female ; eyes very large and prominent. 

 Antennae and legs sordid brownish yellow ; wings lacteous with a 

 shade of brown ; pedicel as in the $ ; genitalia not exserted. 

 Head, thorax and abdomen finely but very sparsely punctured, 

 pilose. 



Length., ^ -1-3-5-5: § 11-12; c? 4-5 mm. 

 Hab. Piuijab (ScKje) ; N.W. Himalayas {Sini/thics) ; Pooua 

 (Wrow/htoii) ; Tenasserim, Ataran Valley {BiagJiain). 



167. Cremastogaster himalayana. Ford, Her. Suisse Zool. x (1902), 

 p. 202. 



^ . Head, thorax and pedicel bright ferruginous red, the legs 

 slightly paler, abdomen black ; pilosity yellowish, short and oblique ; 

 pLd)escence pale yellow, dense only on the antennae and tarsi, on 

 the head and body it can only be seen in certain lights. Head 

 somewhat square, with a distinct broad posterior margin, finely, 

 closely and regularly longitudinally striate ; mandibles longitu- 

 dinally finely striate, punctured near their apical margins ; clypeus 

 very slightly convex, nearly flat in the middle, its anterior margiu 



