-02 lORMioiDi;. 



2;}0. Monoraorhim dichroiim, Fot-cl, Itev. Suisse Zool. x (1902), p. 212. 



5 . Jleiii:ii'Iv;ibly Vik*' M. pharnonis, Linn., in colour, but is a 

 shorter, move robustly built insect. Kedclish yellow, the abdomen 

 black, with the base above a clearer hri<j;hter reddish yellow than 

 tlie colour of the thorax; head, thorax, iKidicel and base of abdo- 

 men more or less densely minutely rugulose and opaqut', the 

 sculpture on the base of the abdomen lighter ; pilosity nearly 

 vanting, as in M. /ih(ir<(OHis ; pubescence very thin and light. 

 Head not so long as in the above species, but broader, the occiput 

 slightly emarginate ; niandibles and clypeus similar; antennae 

 shorter, the scape falling distinctly short of th(; top of the head : 

 eyes placed a Uttle more anteriorly tlian in M. pharaonis. Thorax 

 somewhat depressed, broad ; the meso-metanotal sutiu-e only mode- 

 rately impressed ; the metanotum rather short and abruptly trun- 

 cate. Pedicel : 1st node squamiform, with a long petiole anteriorly ; 

 2nd node globose, broader than long ; abdomen oval. 



9 . Apparently both winged and ergatoid. The former " of a 

 reddish yellow with some brown marks ; abdomen smooth." The 

 latter " entirely brown with 3 ocelli"; the abdomen reticulate, 

 the metanotum groo\ed but \Aithout teeth ; the rest resembling the 

 2 of M. scJiun-l. 



Le)i;/th, g 2-2-5 ; $ :j-4 mm. 



JIab. Southern India, the Nilgiri hills (DaJ;f). 



231. Monomorium pharaonis, Lijui. (iMnaiica), <S'//.s/. Xat ed. 10. i 



(17")8), p. 580. 

 Mynuica domestica, >S/ii/ck. Charlet^irurtliH Mar/. X. II. new ser. ii 



(1888), p. 620. 

 Attii mirnita, Jerdon, Madr. Juur. L. S. xvii (1851), p. 105. 



^ . Reddish yellow, the posterior two-thirds of the abdomen 

 black ; head, thorax and nodes of the pedicel densely, minutely, 

 rugulose and granulate, shining in certain lights, abdomen smooth 

 and shining ; pilosity almost entirely wanting, reduced to a few 

 scattered hairs on the apex of the abdomen, pubescen^'e minute 

 and silky. Head half as long again as broad, the sides slightly 

 convex, the ])osterior margin transverse ; mandibles narrow, linear, 

 slightly broadened at the masticatory margin ; cl}peus narrow, 

 convex, its anterior margin rounded ; antenna) somewhat long and 

 thick, the scape reaching very nearlv up to the posterior margin 

 of the head ; eyes placed somewhat below the middle of the sides 

 of the head. Thorax : pro-mesonotum convex, rounded in front 

 and at the sides, narrowing posteriorly ; meso-metanotal suture^ 

 very distinct, thorax slightly emarginate at the suture; metanotum 

 seen from above rectanguhir, somewhat flat, the jiosterior lateral 

 angles of the basal portion slightly prominent, scarcely tuberculate. 

 the apical portion oblique, about the length of the basal portion. 

 Pedicel: the 1st node cuneiform, but a little thick and rounded at 

 the top, not sharp, anteriorly with a moderately long petiole ; 2;i(l 

 node from above globose, slightly broader than long and broader 

 than the 1st node; abdomen oval, truncate anteriorly. 



