APll.^NOGASTER, 273 



to form part of the lont^" neck ; pro-mesouotal suture tolerably dis- 

 tinct; the mesonotum behind the suture forms a raised transverse 

 ridge, posterior to which it curves downwards to the very distinct 

 meso-metanotal sutiu'e ; the basal portion of the metanotum long, 

 liorizontal, and with two slender, very acute erect spines at the 

 ])osterior lateral angles, apical portion steeply sloped, a little 

 convex ; legs remarkably loug and very slender. Pedicel seen 

 fnmi above witli the 1st node only half the width of the 2ud, the 

 latter broadly oval, rounded above, both sliortly petiolate in front; 

 abdomen a broad regular oval. 



Leufjtli, ^ 4-5 mm. 



Hob. Tenasserim, extending into the Malaya)i subregion. 



312. Aphsenogaster fese, Emenj (IscLuouiyrmex),^;*/!. M«s. Cio.Gen. 

 xxvii (18S'J), p. -jUo, $. 



5 . Piceous brown, smooth, polished and shining : mandibles, 

 antenna) and legs yellowish brown ; thorax posteriorly witli a 

 little irregular sculpture ; pilosity rather sparse, the hairs long, 

 thick and obtuse. Head with the mandibles oval, prolonged 

 posteriorly into a neck with the posterior border mai'gined ; man- 

 dibles finely striate at base, the masticatory margin with two teeth 

 at apex, and above denticulate ; clypeus slightly convex ; antennal 

 carina) short, very prominent, convergent posteriorly ; antennal 

 hollows large, smooth inside, margined laterally by prominent 

 carinse ; antenna) long and fihform, the scape extending beyond 

 ti»e top of the head by about oue-third of its length, the basal 

 joint of the tiagellum slightly longer than the 2nd joint, the club 

 formed of the apical 4 joints, which are only slightly thickened 

 and densely pubescent ; eyes lateral, subacuminate anteriorly. 

 Thorax narrow , elongate ; the pro- and mesonotum forming one 

 long convexity, the pro-mesonotal suture obsolete above ; the 

 thorax seen in protile emarginate at the meso-metanotal suture ; 

 basal portion of metanotum elougate, slightly flattened above, 

 posteriorly with two erect, acute, short spines or teeth ; legs a ery 

 slender and long, the pilosity on them oblique. Pedicel slender, 

 the 1st node oval, longer than broad, the 2nd node oval, much 

 higher and slightly broader than the 1st ; abdomen broadly oval. 



Lea</th, ^ 5 "5-6 "5 mm. 



Huh. Tenasserim, Thagata (Fea). 



3 1 '■'). Apliaeaogaster rothneyi, Furel (Stenamma ( Apliamogastcr) ) , liec 

 Suisse Zool. X (1902) p. 224, ^ . 



^ . Brown, the head darker than the rest of the body, man- 

 dibles, antenna; and legs brownish yellow; head and thorax finely 

 reticulate, striate, subopaque, the metanotum more coarsely and 

 transversely sculptured ; abdomen polished, smooth and shining. 

 Head with the mandibles oval, not constricted into a neck posteriorly, 

 as in J. beccarii ; mandibles longer than in that species, finely striate 

 at base, with three largish acute tei'th at the apex of the masticatory 



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