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extending beyond the top of the head by about one-fourth of its 

 length. Thorax with the lateral tubercles on the pronotum very 

 prominent as in the 1/; the metanotal spines stout, pointing 

 upwards. Pedicel : the 1st node somewhat higher than the 2nd, 

 flat above, concave, and with rather a long petiole anteriorly ; 

 abdomen oval. Head, thorax and pedicel finely but closely 

 rugulose opaque ; abdomen smooth and shining. 



Length, 1/ 5*5-5*7 ; ^ 2*5-3 mm. 



Hab. Tenasserim at high elevations {Fea) ; extending to Java. 



The above is the description of the types of var. asperata, 

 Emery, which is the form of P. capellinii found in Burma. I owe 

 the loan of these types to the kindness of Dr. Gestro, of the Genoa 

 Museum. 



280. Phidole wroughtoni. Ford, Rev. Suisse Zool. x (1902), pp. 176 

 & 193, 1/ ^ $ c? : id. Jour. Bomb. N. H. Soc. xiv (1902), pp. 531 

 & 543. 



1/ . Head, thorax, pedicel and the extreme base of the abdomen 

 chestnut-red, the rest of the abdomen, the mandibles and clypeus 

 anteriorly very dark brown or black. Head, thorax and abdomen 

 covered abundantly with rather long, soft, erect hairs. Head 

 proportionately very large, anteriorly longitudinally and some- 

 what coarsely, and posteriorly on the lateral lobes transversely 

 striate, rectangular, longer than broad ; mandibles punctate ; 

 clypeus anteriorly medially slightly emarginate ; antennal carinas 

 short, divergent posteriorly ; no antennal groove ; the scape of the 

 antennae short, not reaching quite half the distance betAveen their 

 insertion and the top of the head. Thorax transversely striate, 

 anteriorly rounded and convex, with no prominent lateral tubercles ; 

 mesonotum with a transverse groove and, posterior to it, a trans- 

 verse distinct ridge ; metanotum broad, the basal portion level, at 

 the extreme base transversely striate, posteriorly smooth ; the 

 metanotal spines short, stout, erect and acute. Pedicel with the 

 1st node emarginate above, bearing no appendix beneath ; 2nd 

 node transverse, transversely striate above, twice as long as broad, 

 convex, the lateral angles produced ; abdomen broadly oval, 

 almost circular, with an abundant piligerous punctation, opaque. 



5 . Chestnut-brown, the thorax darker, covered with a fairly 

 abundant pilosity, shining, the thorax slightly transvei'sely striate. 

 Head without the mandibles rectangular ; the antennae long, the 

 scape extending beyond the top of the head by about one-fourth of 

 its length, the apical three joints or club of the flagellum very 

 massive. Thorax: the pronotum convex, without lateral tubercles, 

 the transverse groove on the mesonotum shallow, the meso-meta- 

 notal suture very distinct, the metanotum rather long, subdentate 

 ))osteriorly. Pedicel : the 1st node viewed from the side conical, 

 its upper margin transverse ; 2nd node rounded and convex, above 

 longer than broad ; abdomen broadly oval. 



2 . Chestnut-red, the colour deepening to dark brown towards 



