150 FOBMICIDJE. 



short and regulai'ly spaced on the liead, somewhat long and soft 

 on the abdomen posteriorly. Head more rounded at the sides 

 ])osteriorly, somewhat narrower than in <S'. fta', its posterior 

 border semicirtularly emarginate ; mandibles about halt' the length 

 of the head, strongly arched outwards ; clypeiis triangular, with a 

 medial impression ; front more convex than in H. yodeffroyi. 

 Thorax, pedicel and abdomen with the characters of the genus ; 

 the metanotiim posteriorly without spines, but subdentifor)n. 



Fig. 00. — Striiriuf/cnj/a smi/fhicsi, ^. r'. Head from front. 



2 . " Pronotum with the anterior lateral angles prominent. 

 Mesonotum smooth, raised. "Wings pubescent, subhyaline. For 

 the rest absolutely identical with the ^ and with the same sparse 

 pilosity. The very long hairs (there are at times some on the legs) 

 are truly plentiful, and have the appearance of cla^ ate threads of a 

 mycelium." (Forel.) 

 'Length, ^ 2-3 ; $ 2-6 mm. 

 Hah. Eecorded so far only from Assam (Smi/iJiies). 



Genus CAREBARA. 

 Carebara, Westw. A.M. N. H. vi, 1841, p. 80, $. 



Type, C. lic/nata, Westwood. 



Bavge. Ethiopian and Indo-Malayan regions. 

 5 . Head with the mandibles more or less oval, broader 

 however posteriorly than in front, the occiput rounded ; mandibles 

 narrow, subtriangular, the masticatory margin very oblique and 

 strongly dentate ; clypeus convex, anteriorly rounded ; antennal 

 carinse very short, clypeal and antennal hollows indistinctly 

 confluent ; antennae 9-jointed, the club of the jflagellum foi'med o£ 

 the apical two joints, which are compressed and flattened above; 

 eyes and ocelli entirely absent. Thorax broader anteriorly than 

 posteriorly, unarmed ; pro-mesonotal suture obsolete, meso-meta- 

 notal suture distinct ; legs moderately long. Pedicel : the Ist 

 node rounded above, shortly petiolate in f ront ; 2nd node 

 transverse ; abdomen oval. 



$ . Head without the mandibles inversely trapezoidal, much 

 broader across the occiput, which is transverse, than in front, 



