252 loiiMiciD-i;. 



apex ; rica])e of the antenntc uot reaching quite half way from their 

 insertion to tlie top of the head. Thorax transversely striate, 

 anteriorly convex, the mesonotal transverse groove and ridge very 

 distinct ; the metanotuui flat above, depressed, the nietanotal spines 

 short, erect, acute. Pedicel: the 1st node somewhat squamifonn, 

 ahove transverse, not einarginate, no appendix beneath ; 2nd node 

 transverse, rounded above, laterally coiie-shaped, punctiuvd, opaque ; 

 abdomen broadly oval, shining, punilured at base, the 2nd and 

 succeeding segments highly polished. 



^ . liesembles the 1/ in colour and pilosity, very smooth and 

 shining, the sides of the thorax iudisiiuctly sculptured, the base of 

 the abdomen slightly punctured. Head broadly oval, very convex 

 in front ; antenna? stout, the scape extending for about one-third 

 of its length beyond the rop of the head. Thorax proportionately 

 broad and very convex anteriorly, the t ransverse mesonotal groove 

 shallow, the basal portion of the metanotum long and flat, the 

 metanotal spijies short and acute. Pedicel elongate, from above 

 the 2nd node circular, convex above ; abdomen oval, attenuate at 

 base. 



Length, 1/ 4*5-.5 ; ^ 2*5 mm. 



Hah. Bengal (r«?/Zo;-), the North-west Provinces {Smythm), and 

 AVestern India {Helm). 



Yar. immnsis, Porel, is lighter in colour, with the transverse 

 mesonotal groove deeper and the 1st node of the pedicel emar- 

 ginate above. 



286. PMdole yeensis, Ford. 



Pheidole sulcaticeps, Roger, race veensis, Forel, liev. Suisse Zool. x 

 (1902), p. 17!) ; id. Jour. Bomb. N. II. >Soc. xiv (19U2), pp. 5-38 

 & .544. 



1/. Vei'y dark brown, shining, the fiagellum of theantennceand 

 legs lighter brown ; pilosity yellowish red, fairly abundant. Head 

 longer than broad, vei'y distinctly constricted postei'iorly, with the 

 occipital medial emargi nation very dee]), the lateral lobes very 

 prominent and a deep and well-marked transverse impression on 

 the vertex, the lateral lobes above the impression being inclined 

 slightly forward ; mandibles smooth, shining, indistinctly striate 

 and punctured at base ; clypeus vertically striate, its anterior 

 border medially emarginate ; antennce opaque, pubescent, the scape 

 reaching a little n\ore than half way from insertion to the top of 

 the head; antennal carina) short, divergent, antennal hollows well- 

 marked, broadening posteriorly and reticulate within; the front 

 and cheeks coarsely, regularly, longitudinally, the occipital lobes 

 transversely striate. Thorax transversely striate, the pronotal 

 t ubercles not well-marked, the transverse mesonotal fui-row shallow, 

 the ridge posterior to it slight; the basal portion of the meta- 

 notum tlat, short and lattn-ally margined, the spines stout, erect 

 and acute. Pedicel comparatively short, transversely striate ; the 

 1st node squamiform, without an appendix beneath ;2nd node twice 



