PniDOLE. — MTEMICA. 265 



beneath ; 2nd node rounded above, about half as broad again 

 as long : abdomen ahnost circular, depressed. 



^ . i3rownish yellow, the legs clear pale yellow, the abdomen a 

 dingy dull yellow ; head, thorax in front and abdomen smooth 

 and shining ; the sides of the mesothorax and the metathorax 

 finely punctured, rugulose ; disc of the pronotum with a few 

 irregular long transverse punctures. Head very broadly oval, the 

 sides very convex, a distinct but very narrow posterior margin ; 

 antennse long, the scape extending well beyond the top of the 

 head. Thorax : the shape of the pronotum as in the "2/ ; basal 

 portion of metauotum short, the metanotal spines very short but 

 acute. Pedicel elongate ; the 1st node short and thick and little 

 raised, broader than long ; 2nd node globose ; abdomen broadly 

 oval. 



LeiKjth, 11 4-5 : ^ 1-5-2 mm. 



Hab. Burma: Pegu Toma, 1500 ft. (Allan); Bernardmvo 

 6000 it. (Bhiffham). 



30-4. Phidole himalayana, Furel, Bev. Suisse ZooL x (1902), pp. 185 

 & 199, 11^ min.: id. Jour. Bomb. X. H. Soc. xiv (1902), 

 pp. 038 & 546. 



% . Light chestnut-red, the abdomen posteriorly shaded with 

 fuscous above, the mandibles, antennte and legs not lighter in 

 colour than the rest of the body. Pilosity and pubescence as 

 in P. indica. Head rectangular, as broad posteriorly as in front, 

 the cheeks convex, longitudinally striate as in the above-named 

 species, but the striae wider apart and less distinct, especially 

 on the lateral lobes of the head ; the depression on the vertex 

 shallower and less conspicuous. Thorax with the pronotum 

 strongly convex, somewhat produced at the sides ; mesonotum 

 with the transverse carina not bigibbous as in P. indica ; meta- 

 notum broader than in that species, the spines short. The rest 

 as in P. indica. 



^ . Head, thorax and pedicel light bright chestnut-red ; 

 abdomen yellowish, somewhat fuscous above. Pilosity, pubescence 

 and sculpture as in P. indica. Scape of the antennae short, 

 as short as in P. rotschana, not extending beyond the top of the 

 head by more than one-fifth of its length from insertion ; head 

 shorter and less oval than in either of the above species ; thorax 

 comparatively longer, the metanotal spines very short, 



Liiujth, 11 "3-5-4 ; g 2-5 mm. 



Bab. The Himalayas from Kashmir (Lobiniere) to Sikhim 

 (Wrowiliton). 



Genus MYRMICA. 



^lyriuica, Latr. Xouv. Diet, d' Hist. Xat. xxiv (1804), p. 179. 

 Manica, Jtirinc, Hijm. 1807, p. 276. 



Type, M. rtdjra, L., from Europe. 



