148 FORMICID."E. 



b^. The outermost or apical of the three 



maiidibidar teetli the smallest >>. f/otleffroi/i, \). 1-49. 



//-. Shafts of mandibles not parallel, curved 



outwards S. Icin'si, p. 149. 



b'. Pronotum not punctured, smooth and 



shininf>: 6'. snu/fliie^i, p. 149. 



1 7;). Strumigenys lyroessa, Ro(jer (Labidogenys), Berl. cut. Zeit. vi 

 (1802), p. -I-A, 9 . 



" ^ . Dark brown, not shining, except tlie abdomen, the man- 

 dibles, the anterior margin of the head, the antennuc, the anterior 

 portion of the pedicel, the apex of the abdomen, the femora 

 and the joints of the tibi;e and tarsi, which are reddish yellow. 

 Head, thorax and nodes, also ttie scape of the antenn;c, granulate; 

 abdomen smooth and shining, with some longitudinal striuo at base. 

 The head with somewhat short, thick, recumbent yellow hairs ; 

 pilosity sparse : the hairs on the anterior margin of the scape and 

 on a poi'tion of the sides of the head bent or curved towards their 

 apices. Legs pilose, the pilosity thickened on the tarsi and also 

 on the flagellum of the antenn^^, where, however, the hair appears 

 to be more recumbent. 



" The mandibles are porrect, about as long as the head, from 

 the point where they are thinnest to the margin of the mouth 

 nearly in the form of a lyre, at the base they are slender, then 

 rounded and broad, and again diminishing ; on the outer side 

 thick and convex, on the inner margin concave and sharp ; the 

 apex is bent at a right angle inwards, and ends in a sharp upper 

 tooth and a split under one." {lioger.) 



Leagth, ^ 2-5 mm. 



Bah. Ceylon. Unknown to me. 



174. Strumigenys fese. Emenj, Ann. Mas. Civ. Gen. xxxiv (1894), 

 p. 473. 



^ . Resembles S. f/odeffroyi, Mayr, but is slightly larger, ^ith a 

 broader head. Reddish yellow, the mandibles, antennae and tarsi 

 of the legs slightly paler ; head, thorax and anterior node of 

 pedicel finelv and very closely punctured, opa([ue ; the legs, disc of 

 the 2nd node of pedicel and abdomen smooth, shining and highly 

 polished, Mith a few longitudinal striae at the base of the last. 

 Head slightly broader posteriorly than in S. cjodeffroyi, the 

 mandibles parallel, finely punctured but shining, the carinas 

 bordering the antennal groove very distinct, rather coarsely rugose 

 between the head and clypeus. Thorax, pedicel and abdomen 

 with the characters of the genus ; the metanotal spines very fine, 

 slender, short and acute ; the abdomen rather shorter than in 

 8. (jodeffroyi. 



$ . Very similar to the ^ , slightly larger, with the sexual 

 differences in the thorax and a slightly larger abdomen ; wings 

 hyaline, the nervures ])ale yellow. 



Length., ^ 2'5 ; $ 2*75 mm. 



Hcdj. Recorded so far only from T;Ower Burma, Palcn {Fea). 



