2T8 formiciDjE. 



253. Leptothorax scliurri, Ford. 



Leptotliorax rcithiiovi, race scliurri, Forel, liev. Suisse Zool. x (1902), 

 p, 231. 



2 . Black, the mandibles, antennae and legs reddish brown. 

 Head longitudinally rugose, punctured, opaque, thorax and 

 pedicel more densely punctured and oi)aque, abdomen smooth 

 and shining ; pilosity pale, tolerably plentiful ; antennae and 

 tibiae of the legs with short pubescence. Head without the 

 mandibles broadly oval, the sides convex; mandibles triangular, 

 minutely longitudinally striate and pubescent ; clypeus convex 

 in the middle, its anterior margin somewhat rounded ; antennae 

 short, the scape extending just to the top of the head, the club 

 of the flagellum very distinct; eyes rather large, situated about 

 the middle on the sides of the head. Thorax level, rounded 

 above, the meso-metanotal suture distinct but not deep or wide ; 

 metanotal spines short, stout and erect. Pedicel : the 1st 

 node without any distinct petiole in front, but the joint of the 

 pedicel with a curved slope to the flat apex of the node, which is 

 acute in front ; 2nd node subquadrate with the angles rounded, 

 broader than the 1st node but not so high ; abdomen broadly 

 oval. 



Length, ^ 2"5 mm. 



Hah. Eecorded so far only from Fachmarhi, Central India 

 {Schurr). 



Genus STEREOMYRMEX. 



Stereomyrmex, Emery, Deutseh. eiit. Zeif. 1901, p. 115, ^ S , 



Type, S. horni, Emery, from Ceylon. 

 JRanr/e. So far known only from Ceylon. 



^ . Head from the front, without the mandibles, almost square, 

 the front and sides somewhat flat, very slightly convex, the 



Fig. 78. — Stereomi/rmex horni, ^ . 



occiput transverse ; mandibles subtriangular, the inner and masti- 

 catory margins almost at right angles, the latter dentate ; clypeus 

 with the middle portion produced between the base of the antennas 

 and higher than the depressed side portions ; frontal area very 

 small, the antennal carinae very short ; antennae short and thick, 



