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riorly, the lateral tubercles distinct but obtuse; the transverse 

 furrow on the mesonotum wide and shallow ; the metanotum broad 

 and flat, the metanotal spines stout. Pedicel : the 1st node in 

 profile triangular, its upper margin transverse, entire, beneath 

 with a short rounded appendix ; 2nd node transversely striate, 

 about twice as broad as long; abdomen broadly oval, densely 

 longitudinally striate and opaque. 



^ . Head and abdomen dark chestnut-brown, the former smooth 

 and shining; the antennse, thorax, legs and pedicel yellowish 

 broM'u ; tlie mesonotum and metanotum delicately sculptured ; the 

 abdomen dull, almost opaque. Head oval, rounded and narro\\ed 

 posteriorly; the antennae stout, the scape extending beyond the top 

 of the head by about one-third of its OAvn length. Mesonotal 

 transverse groove shallow ; metanotum elongate, unarmed, with a 

 gentle slope posteriorly. Pedicel : the 1st node conical, the 2nd 

 very much larger, oval, convex above ; abdomen broadly oval. 



Lenr/tJi, 11 5*5-(5 ; ^ 2*5 mm. 



Hah. Western (Boogiverf) and Southern India (/S'/irtr^), llotliney); 

 Burma, Pegu Toma {Allan). 



(Specimens I got in Burma agree so closely with Dr. Forel's 

 description that, although they differ in the length of the scape of 

 the antennte and slightly in colour, I prefer to place them under 

 this species. 



264. Phidole hoogwerfl. 



Pheidole sliai'pi, Forel, race hoogwerfi, Forel. Rev. Suisse Zool. 

 X (1902), pp. 170, 'il,&i 189, §; id. Jour. Bomb. N. H. ^oc. 

 xiv (1902), pp. 526 .^' 540. 



1/. Closely resembles P. sJuujn, Forel, has similar pilosity and 

 sculpture ; biit in the one specimen 1 have, that J identify as this 

 species, the heatl and thorax are light ferruginous-red, the abdomen 

 brown ; the antenna^ ai'e distinctly longer, extending to more than 

 half the distance between their insertion and the top of the head, 

 the appendix beneath the 1st node of the pedicel is comparatively 

 shorter and thicker, and the 2nd node is longer, being not quite 

 twice as broad as long; lastly, the abdomen is smooth and shining 

 except around the base, where it is densely striate. 



" ^ . A little lighter in colour than the ^ of P. sJunyi, but for 

 the rest identical " (Forel). 



Length, IJ. 4"5 : ^ 2*5 mm. 



Ffab. Bombay (JJoof/werf); Mysore (Watson). 



265. Phidole latinoda, lioi/er, Berlin, ent. Zeit.^. vii (1868), p. 195, 1/; 

 Forel, liev. Suisse Zool. x (1902), p]). 170 & ISO ; id. Jour. 

 Bomb. N. 11. Soc. xiv (1902), pp. 527 & 540. 



11 . Light bright chestnut-red, slightly shining, covered with 

 abundant soft, erect, reddish hairs. Head broader posteriorly than 

 in front, the vertex with a broad, very distinct transverse impres- 

 sion, the head anteriorly longitudinally striate, the occiput and 



