PHIDOLB. 257 



292. Phidole fossulata, Ford. 



Pheidole jiicuuda, race fossulata, Forel, Rev. Suisse Zool. x (lOO"') 

 pp. 181 & 196, 1/ ^ . 



]!/. Closely resembles P. jiiomch, Forel, but is of a browuer 

 colour, the head is longer than broad, the occipital emarginatioa 

 deeper, the occipital lateral lobes more obtuse, and the vertex bears 

 a distinct but slight transverse impression. Thorax as in P.jucunda. 

 Pedicel with the lateral cone-shaped ends of the 2nd node more 

 distiuct ; abdomen closely and finely reticulate and opaque at base 

 and studded with large oblong piligerous punctures. 



5 . Differs from the g of P. jucunda in the coarser denser 

 sculpture, the head is slightly longitudinally and the thorax trans- 

 versely striate and opaque. Head subrectangular, with the 

 posterior margin rounded, not distinct ; the antennse longer than 

 in P.jucunda ^ , the scape extends beyond the top of the head by 

 about half its length. The rest as in P.jucunda ^ . 



Length, 1/ 4'5-5 ; ^ nearly 3 mm. 



Hah. Western India {Wrouc/hton); Sikhim {Bingham). This 

 species, unlike P.jucunda which I found only in the hot valleys, 

 extends in Sikhim up to 7000 feet. 



293. Phidole multidens, Forel, Rev. Suisse Zool x (1902), pp. 181 & 



197, %^; id. Jour. Bomb. N. H. Soc. xiv'(1902), pp. 535 

 tS: 515. 



1/ . Sordid yellow, the abdomen posteriorly shading to brownish, 

 the head dai'ker than tlie thorax ; bead very lightly longitudinally 

 striate : pronotum and abdomen smooth and shining, mesonotum, 

 metanotum and the pedicel finely punctured and reticulate ; 

 pilosity pale, abundant, soft and moderately long. Head without 

 mandibles rectangular, very slightly broader posteriorlv than in 

 front ; mandibles smooth, shining, faintly obliquely striate on the 

 outer margin ; clypeus triangular in the middle, medially strongly 

 carinate ; antennae slender, the scape falling short of the top of 

 the head by about one-fourth of its length ; the antennal groove 

 very shallow, finely reticulate within ; occipital emarginatiou some- 

 what shallow. Thorax : the pronotum with subdentiform lateral 

 tubercles ; mesonotum posteriorly to the lateral tubercles indistinctly 

 formed into t\^o very small teeth, the mesonotal transverse groove 

 and ridge not well-marked ; basal portion of metanotum rather 

 broad, margined along the sides and armed posteriorly with two 

 small, erect, acute teeth. Pedicel: the 1st node above with the 

 lateral angles acutely produced upwards, the petiole in front 

 decreasing in thickness to the base ; 2nd node slightly convex 

 above, transverse, anteriorly rounded, the anterior lateral angles 

 produced into little cones ; abdomen very broadlv oval. 



^ . Yellow; head with a slight brownish tint, shining but covered, 

 as is the thorax and abdomen, with fairly abundant, long, erect, pale 

 hairs. Head oval, elongate, convex in front ; eyes lateral, placed 

 about the middle of the head ; antennae long, the scape extending 



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