262 FORMiciD.i:. 



the metauotal ridge behind it barely indicated ; the basal portion 

 of the raetanotum long, rectangular, finely transversely striate, 

 and with a longitudinal shallow medial groove ; metanotal spines 

 coiuparativelv long, acute, erect. Pedicel rather short ; the 

 1st node flat, slightly emarginate above; the 2nd transverse, with 

 the sides not conical above, transversely striate ; abdomen broadly 

 oval. 



Lcmjih, % 4*5-o mm. 



Hah. Burma, Pegu Toma (Allan) ; Tenasserim (Fea). 



300. Phidole javana, Mai/r, Tijds. r. Ent. x (1S«7), p. 98. ll^; 

 Ford, liev. Suisse Zool. x (190i'), p. 184: id. Jour. liomh. X. H. 

 Hoc. xiv (1902), pp. 587 & 54(>. 



1/ . Castaneous red, antennae, thorax, legs and pedicel more 

 vellowisli, abdomen brownish yellow ; pilosity short but very 

 abundant ; head longitudinally striate, a little punctured on the 

 posterior lateral lobes ; thorax and pedicel more finely transversely 

 rugulose : abdomen very smooth and shining. Head nearly 

 square, but a little longer than broad ; occipital emargination 

 w ide. somewhat shallow ; mandibles shining, sparsely punctured ; 

 clypeus with a medial smooth shining triangular portion, the sides 

 striate ; antenual carina^ as long as the scape, divergent pos- 

 teriorlv ; antennal grooves shallow, broadening ])Osteriorly, finely 

 rugulose within ; antennae moderately long, the scape reaches 

 about three- fourths of the distance between its insertion and the 

 top of the head ; eyes lateral, well below the middle of tlie head. 

 Thorax : the pronotum rounded, very convex, almost without 

 lateral tubercles ; the mesonotal transverse groove and ridge 

 very slightly marked ; the basal portion of the metanotum u)ode- 

 rately long ; the metanotal spines short, erect, acute. Pedicel 

 short, the nodes transverse, without appendix beneath, the 2nd 

 transversely oval, twice as broad as the 1st; abdomen broadly 

 oval. 



" ^ . (Shining reddish yellow, the head darker, the abdomen 

 fuscous ; pilosity abundant ; mandibles finely obscurely striate 

 towards the acutely dentate masticatory margin ; head somewhat 

 smooth, front between the frontal carina' \ery finely striate, 

 punctured and superficially reticulate- punctate, the cheeks 

 striate; pronotum rounded, finely coriaceous and rugulose (or 

 very superficially reticulate punctate), the disc smoother, with 

 some transverse stria? in front ; mesonotnm with a medial sloping 

 raised portion ; metanotum with two triangular erect teeth ; 

 meso- and metathorax reticulate punctate ; pedicel finely coria- 

 ceous and rugulose ; abdomen smooth." {Mayr.) 

 Length, % 3'5-4 ; ^ 2-4 mm. 



Hah. Burma {Fea, Biiif/Jiam), extending to Jav:i. A variety 

 separated as var. dharmsalana by Dr. Porel, has been procured 

 bv kSage in the North-west Himalayas. I have seen no specimen 

 of this latter, but it differs apparently in having the head in front 

 broader. 



