1^88 loioiiciD,!:. 



visible only in certain liglits on the head, legs and abdomen. 

 Head and thorax minutely and very closely reticulate-punctate, 

 subopaque, the nodes of the pedicel above and the abdomen 

 smooth, polished and shining. J lead with a distinct posterior 

 margin, rectangular, a little longer than broad. Tiiorax as in 

 (J. nt(da, but the metanotal spines longer, more slender and acute. 

 Pedicel as in C. nuda, the 2ud node proportionately not quite 

 so broad, but still much broader than long ; abdomen as in 

 C. nuda. 



" c? . Characters those of the genus. jMandibles smooth and 

 shining. Head for the most part smooth and shining, with vexy 

 large deep punctures, widely scattered and piligerous. . , . On the 

 front these punctures are more abundant and accompanied with 

 tine short stria?. Back of the thorax submargined. Pro-mesonotal 

 suture nearly obsolete ; meso-metanotal suture very deep, but 

 there is no constriction between the meso- and metathorax. J3asal 

 face of the metanotum longer than broad, more or less horizontal. 

 Spines rather short and obtuse. Thorax irregularly reticulate- 

 punctate and somewhat opaque. The lateral expansions of the 

 mesonotura give it a peculiar aspect. Abdomen and j)edicel some- 

 what smooth and shining, very finely and sparsely punctured. . . . 

 The whole surface covered with an abundant rather long pale 

 yellow pubescence, which, however, does not form a distinct pile 

 or nap. Pdosity almost entirely absent. Pale yellow testaceous. 

 Mandibles reddish. Abdomen of a brownish yellow." (ForcJ.) 



Length, ^ 1'8 ; cJ 1*7 mm. 



JIah. Western India, Poona ( WroiKihton). 



'.y-ll. Cardiocondyla parvinoda, Fonl, llev. Suisse Zoo/, x (1002), 

 p. 2l:i 



^ . Resembles C. rmda. Mayr, but the head, thorax and i)edicel 

 are of a lighter duller red, the antenna; and legs a paler shade of 

 the same, and the abdomen shining castaneous. Head broader, 

 with a distinct posterior margin ; thorax and legs as in C. nuda ; 

 ))edicel of the abdomen proportionately not so long, with the 

 1st node higher ; the 2nd node much narrower, being as long as 

 broad and not twice as broad as the 1st node ; abdomen as in 

 C. nuda. 



Letu/th, S 2-2-2 mm. 



Jfab. Recorded so far from Western India only (M'rouf/hion). 



Subfamily POLICHODERIN^. 



The species belonging to this subfamily can be distinguished at 

 a glance from the Ponerina on the one hand by there being no 

 constriction between the 1st and 2nd segment of the abdomen, and 

 on the other hand from the Canqwtiotiiuij by the anal aperture being 

 transverse, and not circular nor ciliated. The head is short and 



