230 lOiiMiciD.i;. 



anteriorly, the anterior lateral antjles prominent, above transverse; 

 posterior node convex above, a little more than twice as long as 

 broad, lateially angular ; abdomen broadly oval, convex. 



^ . Pale brownish yellow, polished, smooth and shining ; w ith 

 sparse pilosity chiefly on the front of the head and apex of the 

 abdomen, on the antennrcand legs the hairs are short and oblique ; 

 head a little longer than brt);Kl, and broad posteriorly ; eyes compara- 

 tively prominent ; Hcapv of the antenna; extending beyond the top of 

 the head by barely one-fifth of its length. Thorax bi-emargiuate ; 

 anterior node of the pedicel without an appendix, posterior node 

 oval, convex. 



"$. Precisely like tlie T/, witli an appendix beneath the 1st 

 node of the jjedicel.'' {Ford.) 



"(5. Mandibles without teeth. 8c:ipe as long as the first two 

 joints of the flagelhim. Head behind the eyes trapezoidal. A 

 longitudinal whitish carina on the 1st node of the pedicel. AVings 

 yellowish, stigma and nervures paler. Of a dingy yellow ; abdomen 

 brownish, ' (Forel.) 



Lent/th, 1/ 4-5-5 ; ^ 2-5 ; c? -i'^ imu- 



Hab. Eecorded so far only from Central (BetJiam) and Western 

 India {Wrovgldon). 



)lbS. Phidole grayi, Ford, Bev. Suisse Zooi. x (1902), pp. 107 & 187, 

 1!/ ^ ; id. Join: Bomb. X. II. Soc. xiv (1902), pp. .j24 .t 539. 



21 . Head, thorax and posterior node of the pedicel reddish 

 bro^^•n, antenna3 and legs yellow, abdomen brown with the apical 

 margins of the segments narrowly yellowish ; head, thorax and 

 abdomen covered with erect pale reddish hairs, oblique, most 

 abundant on the antennie and on the tibia3 of the legs. Head 

 broader posteriorly than in front, longitudinally striate, with the 

 occiput and a portion of the vertex and front above smooth 

 and shining ; mandibles smooth, with scattered punctures : clypeus 

 with a smooth space in the middle ; autennal carinae short, diver- 

 gent posterioi'ly ; antennal grooves shallow, sculptured inside ; 

 scape of the antenna; reaching two-thirds of the distance from its 

 insertion to the top of the head. Thorax as in P. lamelliitoda, the 

 pronotmn rounded and convex, but transversely striate, with the 

 lateral tubercles less distinct ; metanotal spines longer than in 

 P. lameUinoda. Nodes of the pedicel and abdomen as in that 

 species, but distinctly pilose and ]iot so smooth, polished and 

 shining. 



^ . Head, thorax and anterior node of the pedicel yellow, the 

 head with a bi-ownish tint, the posterior node of the pedicel and 

 the abdomen brown. Head posteriorly nearly transverse, the 

 antennae extending beyond the top by about one-third of their 

 length. Thorax: the transverse groove or sulcus on the meso- 

 notum shallow ; the metai;iotinn without spines, scarcely dentate. 

 Anterior node of pedicel in profile triangular, posterior node from 



