274 FOEMiciD.i:. 



margiu and denticulate above; clypeus proportionately much 

 smaller, its anterior margin rounded ; antennal hollows not so 

 large, antennal carina" prominent, convergent ])osterior]y ; antennas 

 very long and filiform, the scapo passing beyond tbe toj) oF the head 

 by about one-fourth of its length, tlagelhnn willi the ]n-oportions of 

 the joints as in A. heccarii. Thorax elongate, narrow, the pronotum 

 not constricted into a neck anteriorly, posteriorly slightly raised 

 into lateral tubercles; the pro-mesonotal suture well-uiarked ; the 

 mesonotum slightly raised, in some specimens with two transverse 

 impressions ; metanotum elongate, rounded above: metanotal spines 

 thick at base, acute at apex, and as long as the distance between 

 them at base ; legs long and slender. Pedicel: 1st joint with the 

 node conical, rounded above, petiolate in front and posteriorly, the 

 anterior portion more slender and twice as long as the posterior 

 portion ; 2nd joint with a pyriform node strongly constricted 

 anteriorly ; abdomen very broadly oval, subglobose. 



Lemjth. ^ 5"5-6"o mm. 



Ilab. North-west Himalayas to Sikhim, Mussoorie (liotliney) •, 

 Darjeeling ( J7y7^cr) ; Central India, Pachuiarhi {^chnrr). 



:314. Aphsenogaster SChurri, i^o;-e/ (Stenamma (Aphrenogaster)). i?ri'. 

 Suisse Zool. X (1902j. p. 223. 



^ . Head and posterior half of the thoi'ax black, the pronotum 

 and anterior half of the mesonotum black with a deep red tinge, 

 mandibles, antennae, legs, pedicel and abdomen yel!o\^"ish brown ; 

 bead and thorax very coarsely longitudinally rugose striate, the 

 striae broken and irregular (the sculpture resembles that of 

 3I)/7'7nica mavf/anfa') ; legs, pedicel and abdomen highly jiolished, 

 smooth and shining ; pilosity white, rather long and mo<t abundant 

 on the abdomen above, the hairs as usual obtuse at apex. Head 

 oval but with a distinct posterior margin, not elongated into a neck 

 posteriori}"; mandibles finely and closely longitudinally striate, the 

 masticatory margin dentate, the apical three teeth the largest ; 

 clypeus transversely slightly convex, its anterior margin rounded; 

 antennal holloA^s rugose, large, not margined laterally by a carina 

 as apart from the rugosity between the eyes and the antennal 

 hollows; antennal carinae as in A. rot hneyi, hut much more pro- 

 minent ; antenna; long, filiform, the scape extending beyond the 

 top of the head by about one-fourth of its length ; joints 2-7 

 of the flagellum distinctly shorter than in A. rothneyi, the club 

 formed of the apical four joints ; eyes lateral, round and prominent, 

 equidistant from the anterior and posterior margins of the head. 

 Thorax very nearly as broad as the head, the pronotum depressed 

 a little in the middle ; pro-mesonotal suture very distinct, the 

 mesonotum raised so as to form, when viewed from the front, a 

 transverse ridge; meso-metanotal suture deeply impressed, the 

 thorax above emarginate at the suture ; basal portion of metanotum 

 convex, elongate, the ruaosities particularly dee]) and coars(! above ; 

 the metanotal spines close together, very erect and robust, distinctly 

 longer than the interval between their bases ; apical face of the 



