174 FORMICID.I. 



larly, rather closely longitudinally striate; the sculpture of the 

 head and thorax is much feebler; the 2nd node of the pedicel 

 very nearly smooth and shining, as in T. orisscma, but not so 

 small. 



Length, 1^ 2-b mm. 



H(d>. Sikhim(il767?<;r),Gnjerat, Champaner ( ITVcrr/Zi^oii) ; Ceylon 

 {Green)-. Burma {Fea cf- Bhujham). 



200. Triglyphothrix orissana, Forel. 



Iriplvpliothrix striatidens, race orissana, Forel, Rev. Suisse Zool. x 

 (J90i^),p. 239, ^. 



^ . Eesembles T. striatidens, Emery, but the head is striate, 

 and the sculpture altogether is feebler. Eeddish yellow, the abdo- 

 men posteriorly brown ; pilosity shorter and more sparse than in 

 T. striatidens. Head rectangular, very convex on the front, the 

 posterior margin very slightly emarginate ; mandibles triangular, 

 smooth, the masticatory margin denticulate ; clypeus broad, trans- 

 verse anteriorly ; antennae short and thick, the scape not reaching 

 the top of the head. Thorax less convex than in 2\ striatidens, 

 with the metanotal and metasternal spines more slender and 

 shorter. Pedicel : the 1st node shorter than in T. striatidens, as 

 broad as long; the 2nd node transverse, broader than long; 

 abdomen broadly oval, more obtuse and rounded in front than 

 posteriorly. 



Length, ^ nearly 2 mm. 



Hah. Eecorded from Bengal, Orissa (Taglor). 



201. Triglyphothrix decamera, Forel, Hev. Suisse Zool. X (1902), 



p. 240, ^ . 



5 . Reddish brown, antennae and legs yellowish ; the bead, 

 thorax and pedicel punctured, rugose, subopaque only, slightly 

 shining; abdomen smooth and shining; pilosity abundant, long, 

 of a pale whitish-yellow colour. Head nearly square, without the 

 mandibles a little longer than broad, the posterior margin distinctly 

 convex ; mandibles large, triangular, punctured. Clypeus : the 

 medial portion slightly convex, the anterior margin transverse ; 

 antennae short and thick, the scape not extending to the top of the 

 head ; the antennal groove short and narrow, for reception of the 

 scape only ; eyes large, placed below the middle on the sides of the 

 head. Thorax : the mesonotum and scutellum broad, only slightly 

 convex ; the metanotum without spines, the apical portion with 

 two carinse, ending below in small but distinct teeth. Pedicel 

 from above: the 1st node quadrate; the 2nd node broader than 

 the 1st and nearly twice as broad as long, rounded above ; abdo- 

 men short, broadly oA'al. 



Length, $ a little over 3 mm. 



J/ab. Recorded from Kauara (Aitke^i). 



