LlOMYR^tTA'. :MON'<)M<)Kir.\f. 199 



t'onned of the apical three joints, the last joint, as long as or longer 

 than the preapical two joints together ; frontal area, eyes and 

 ocelli entirely absent. Thorax unarmed, broad in front, narrowed 

 posteriorly, the pro-mesouotal suture wanting ; the meso-metanotal 

 suture very distinct, the thorax constricted at that point ; legs very 

 robust, the femora and tibiae incrassate in the middle. Pedicel : 

 the 1st node transverse, broader than long, briefly petiolate in 

 front, beneath armed (in the Indian species) with a spine pointing 

 forwards ; 2nd node also transverse, armed beueath with a tooth ; 

 abdomen broadly rounded in front, acutely pointed posteriorly. 



-29. Lioinyrmex aiirianus. Emery, Ann. Mus. (Jiv. Gen. xxvii (1889), 

 p. o04, V . 



5 . Yellow, smooth, polished and shining all over, the antennae 

 and legs a shade paler than the head and thorax ; the masticatory 

 margin of the mandibles dark brown or black ; pilosity and pubes- 

 cence almost entirely wanting. Head a little longer than broad, 

 the posterior lateral angles rounded, the occipital margin transverse, 



Fig. 74. — LloiHjji'iiicx foiri" iius, ^. 



the cheeks very slightly convex, nearly parallel : mandibles some- 

 what brownish, when closed making the anterior margin of the 

 head transverse. For the I'est the characters of the genus. 



Length, ^ 3-3' 5 mm. 



Hah. Recorded so far only from the hills of Tenasserim (Fea). 



Genus MONOMORIUM. 



Formica, pt., Liun. Si/sf. Xuf. ed. 10, i, 17o8, p. oSO. 

 Monomorium, Mai/r, Verh. zool.-hot. Gex. JVicti, v (ISoo), p. 452. 

 Myrmica, pt., Smith, Cat. vi (1858), p. 12-J (Subdivision 7). 



Type, M. mimitum, Mayr, from Europe. 



Range. Both hemispheres. 



5 . Head rectangular ; mandibles narrow, with three or four 

 acute teeth, maxillary and labial palpi alike 2-jointod ; clypeus 

 subtriangular, arched anteriorly, the anterior margin passing some- 

 what over the closed mandibles, in the middle with two obtuse 

 converging carina) meeting above between the bases of the antenn;e; 

 frontal area distinct, antennal carina; short, parallel ; antenaaj 



