APlI.ICNOCr ASTER. 275 



metanotum smooth. Pedicel : tlie 1st node conical, rounded above, 

 inclined forward, steeply sloped posteriorly ; ^nd node very broad, 

 only a little lon;t,^er than broad, rounded abo^e ; abdomen broadly 

 oval, finely and soineuhat obsoletely longitudinally striate at 

 base. 



Length, ^ 5'5-6 mm. 



Hah. Paehmarhi, Central India (Schurr) ; Upper Burma, Huby 

 Mines, GOUO ft. {Binf/Itam). 



The above described species may be distinct from A. scJmrri, but 

 my specimens from the liuby Mines district agree tolerably well 

 with Dr. Forei's description of A. scliurri, except that they are 

 distinctly larger, with the thorax more robust than the measure- 

 ments and details recorded by Dr. Eorel. In the British Museum 

 collection there is a single specimen of this species labelled 

 " Y. Smith Coll., India." I notu-ed in members of this species the 

 remarkable method of carrying the abdomen tucked in underneath 

 the thorax as described by Wroughton (Jour. Bomb. N. H. !Soc. 

 vii (1892), p. 182). 



315. AphaBnogaster sagei, Forel (Stenamma (Apha^nogaster)), Rev. 

 Suisse ZooL x (lUOi>), p. 221, § $ c5" • 



^ . A beautiful shining polished black, in certain lights the legs 

 dark chestnut, the tarsi reddish brown ; head and thorax somewhat 

 irregularly longitudinally striate, with a few scattered punctures ; 

 the metanotinn between the spines and at apex, the pedicel and 

 abdomen very smooth and highly polished ; pilosity fairly plentiful, 

 hoary white in colour. Head without the mandibles somewhat 

 rectangular, the posterior lateral angles rounded, the cheeks very 

 slightly convex, almost straight, the head not produced posteriorly 

 into a neck ; mandibles rather broadly triangular, finely longi- 

 tudinally striate, the masticatory margin as in A. rothneiji ; clypeus 

 slightly emarginate in the middle of its anterior border ; autennal 

 hollows large; the Irontal area very distinct; antennas long and 

 filiform, the scape extending by about one-tifth of its length beyond 

 the top of the head ; tiageilum proportionately shorter, with 

 the basal joints shorter than in A. rothneyi or A. heccarii, and with 

 the apical four joints thickei', forming a distinct club. Thorax 

 somewhat more massive, the pro- and mesonotum forming a single 

 convexity, but the pro-mesonotal suture distinct; metanotum 

 longitudinally convex and rounded, the meso-metanotal suture 

 deep, the thorax in profile emarginate above at the suture; the 

 apex ot the basal portion of the metanotum cleft and produced, 

 forming two triangular siiort spines. Pedicel : the 1st node 

 obliquely sloped posteriorly, rounded above, and with a short, 

 somewhat thick petiole in front; 2nd node longer than broad; 

 abdomen longer than broad and a little broader posteriorly than 

 at base, rounded in front and at apex. 



" $ . Identical with the ^ including the spines. Mesonotum 

 striate like the rest of the thorax, often narrower than the head. 

 Wings very long and pubescent, a little tinted with brownish, with 



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