CABDIOCOXDYLA, 287 



compressed node lonc^er than broad ; tlie 2nd joint is broad, 

 broader than long, constricted and concave in front, a little less 

 constricted and convex posteriorly, rounded at the sides, flattened 

 above, furnished below with an obtuse tooth. Abdomen truncate 

 anteriorly." (Forei.) 



This genus is remarkable as possessing ei'gatoid males. 



Ket/ to the Species. 



a. Head posteriorly rounded, with no distinct 



posterior margin C. nuda, p. 287. 



b. Head posteriorly transverse, with a distinct 



posterior margin. 

 a'. Node on secnud joint of pedicel distinctly 



much broader than long C. icroui/htoni, p. 287. 



b' . Node on second joint of pedicel narrower, 



as long as broad C. j)arn'/ioda, p. 288. 



325. Cardiocondyla nuda, Mai/r (Leptothorax), Sitzimgsb. Al:ad. }]'iss. 

 Wien, liii (18tiG), 1 Ahth. p. 508, § . 



^ . Head, thorax, legs and pedicel red, inclining to orange 

 on the thorax and pedicel and shaded with dark fuscous on the 

 front of the head ; antenn* and legs orange-yellow ; abdomen jet- 

 black. Head, thorax and pedicel finely granulate, subopaque : 

 abdomen highly polished and shining. Head massive, as long- 

 nearly as the thorax, oval, very convex in front ; mandibles broad, 

 very minutely punctured ; clypeus very narrow ; antennas elongate. 

 the apical three joints of the flagellum fuscous. Thorax distinctly 

 narrower than the head, the anterior angles of the pronotum 

 visible but rounded ; metanotum cubical, the basal portion long, 

 about twice as long as the truncate face of the apical portion. 

 Pedicel about half the length of the thorax, the posterior node- 

 about three times as broad as the anterior node ; abdomen oval, 



LeiKjtli, ^ 2"5-8 mm. 



Hah. JSikhim {Binr/ham) : Bengal, Barrackpore {Rotlmey) : 

 Ceylon {Green). 



326. Cardiocondyla wroughtoni, Forel (Emeriya). Ann. Soc. Ent. 

 Bd(j. xxxiv (1890), C. R. p. cxi, J- 

 g . Head, thorax, legs and pedicel dull brick-red, abdomen 



Fig. 86. — Curdiocunclylu wrouyhtoui, ^ . 



black, sometimes entirely dark fuscous red, darkest on the head 

 and abdomen ; pilotity entirely wantnig; pubescence microscopic. 



