MONOMOlilU.M. 207 



curve into the apical portion. Pedicel rather shoi't, the nodes 

 large, the 1st node cuueiforui, slightly conical, higher than the 

 2nd node ; the latter subglobose, slightly broader than long and 

 broader than the 1st node ; abdomen oval. 



Length, ^ 2-5-',\ mm. 



Hah. Ceylon. 



Described from ymith's specimens in the British Museum. 

 I have carefully counted the joints of the antennae in several 

 specimens, and there are 12, not 1 1 joints as stated by Smith. 



23b. Monoinorium aberrans, Forel, Itev. Suisse Zool. x (1902), p. 20!). 



^ . Keddish yellow, the abdomen dark brown A\ith bluish 

 reflections; head, thorax and abdomen smooth and shining, the 

 metanotum above transversely striate, the sides of tlie thorax 

 posteriorly finely rngulose ; pilosity tolerably abundant, oblique 

 on the scape of the antenna? and the tibia?. Head quadrate, m 

 broad as long, posteriorly emarginate ; mandibles finely and closely 

 longitudinally striate and opaque; clypeus someAvhat short, sub- 

 truncate antei'iorly, the two carinas divergent, not forming teeth 

 anteriorly ; antenna? somewhat long and slender, the scape reach- 

 ing beyond the top of the head ; e3'es lateral and a little to the 

 front, closer to the anterior than to the posterior margin of the 

 head. Thorax anteriorly very rounded and convex, the pro- 

 mesonotal suture obsolete, the meso-metanotal suture deep and 

 wide, the thorax in profile emarginate at the suture ; basal portion 

 of the metanotum slightly convex, rectangular, the posterior lateral 

 angles subdentate, the apical portion of the metanotum obliquely 

 truncate. Pedicel : the 1 st node high, conical, rounded and obtuse 

 above, petiolate anteriorly; 2ud node not so high, longer than 

 broad, rounded above ; abdomen somewhat elongate, oval. 



Leiujth, ^ 3'5 mm. 



Hah. Central Provinces, Pachmarhi {Scliurr). 



239. Monomoriiim orientale, Mayr, Verh. zuol.-bot. Ges, IVitm, xxviii 



(1878), p. 070, ^ . 



^ . Eeddish yellow, the mandibles, antenna? and legs slightly 

 paler ; smooth and shining ; pilosity sparse, the legs with the 

 hairs oblique. Head rectangular, longer than broad, posteriorly 

 transverse, the lateral angles rounded; mandibles narrow, the 

 masticatory margin oblique, armed with 4 teeth ; clypeus short, 

 the medial carina? strongly convergent above; antennae ll-jointed, 

 rather short, the scape not reaching the top of the head ; eyes 

 placed below the middle on the sides of the head. Thorax : the 

 pro-mesonotum comparatively large, convex, the meso-metanotal 

 suture deeply impressed, the thorax constricted at the suture; the 

 basal portion of the metanotum above rectangular, rather flat. 

 Pedicel : the 1st node cuneiform, higher than the 2nd, rounded 



