TETEAMORirM. io t 



a long spine on each side, strong, acute, suberect ; the 1st joint ot" 

 the pedicel petiolate, posteriori}'' formed into a globose node, 

 rugose, reticulate ; 2nd joint transverse, ovate, longitudinally 

 rugose ; abdomen very short, with a few piligei'ous punctures ; 

 scape and tibite with long pubescence." (Emery.) 



Length, ^ 3*5 uiru. 



Hah. Ceylon, Kaudy {Simon). 



218. Tetramorium yerburyi, Forel. 



Tetramovium (Xiphomyrmex) pilosum, Joinery, race yevhiwyi, Forel, 

 Hev. Suisse Zool.x (1902), p. 238. 



^. Hefid, thorax and pedicel chestnut-red; abdomen brown, 

 the apical margin of the 1st, and basal and apical margins of the 

 succeeding segments pale dull whitish brown, the thorax anteriorly 

 a little yellowish ; head coarsely striate, slightly reticulate poste- 

 riorly ; thorax and nodes of pedicel coarsely rugose, reticulate ; 

 abdomen smooth, polished and shining ; pilosity pale yellow, 

 rather sparse, except on the scape of the antennoe and tibia) of the 

 legs, where it is much more abundant and oblique. Head longer 



Fig. 68. — Jetramorium yerburyi, ^. a. Antenna. 



than broad and a little broader posteriorly than in front, the sides 

 strongly convex, the occiput widely emarginate ; mandibles broad, 

 denticulate, lightly and finely longitudinally striate; clypeus not 

 very convex, rather flat, the anterior margin in the middle trans- 

 verse, posterior margin well-defined and arched between the bases 

 of the antennse ; antennal caxinae produced divergently back nearly 

 to the top of the head and bordering the well-marked antennal 

 furi'ows ; antenna? somewhat thick and long, the scape extending 

 a little beyond the top of the head ; eyes placed about the middle 

 of the sides of the head. Thorax broad anteriorly and convex, 

 narrowing towards the metanotum, not margined in anyway; sutures 

 obsolete ; metanotal spines very long, slender, divergent and acute, 

 as long as or longer than half the total length of the thorax. 

 Pedicel elongate ; 1st node longer than broad, with a somewhat 

 long petiole anteriorly, the node itself narrower in front than 

 posteriorly ; 2nd node globose, also narrowed towards the front ; 

 abdomen oval. 



Length, $ 4-4'5 mm. 



JJah. Ceylon {Yerhurg) ; Kandy, Peradeniya {Green). 



