ANEUJIKTUS. ©(JLICKODEBUS. 291 



Pedicel elongate, cjliiidi'ical, ]io.stei'ioi'ly with a niiimte globose 

 node. Abdomen almost eutii-ely without a constriction between 

 the basal two joints. Legs slender, calcaria slightly denticulate, 

 chiws simple. {Af'tti- Emer//.) 



'o2'.). Aneiiretus simoni, Emenj. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. Ixii (1893), 

 p. 242, ^ . 



" ^ . Testaceous, snbopaqae, the abdomen more shining, pubes- 

 cent and sparsely pilose ; head cordate posteriorly, widely 

 emarginate, very tinely and lightly reticulate, the mandibles 

 somewhat smoorh. the apex tridentate and in addition a little 



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Fig. 87. — Aneuretus !>lmoai, ^. (After Emery.) 



irregularly denticulate ; the scape ot" the antenna? extending 

 beyond the top of the head ; joints 5-10 of the slender fiagellum 

 thickening gradually, all the joints longer than broad ; the pro- 

 mesonotal sutui'e distinct, jneso-metanotal suture deep and 

 broadly impressed, px'onotum very lightly longitudinally striate, 

 metauotum transversely striate; the scutellum elevated, meta- 

 notum transversely rugose-striate, the base slightly gibbous, 

 posteriorly armed with long divergent spines ; pedicel with a 

 ^mall round node having anteriorly an elongate petiole." {Emery.) 



Length, g 1*8 mm. 



Ifah. Ceylon. 



Genus DOLICHODERUS. 



Formica, pt., Linn, Syst. Nat. ed. 10, i (17o8), p. 581. 

 Dolichoderus, Lund, Ann. Sc. Nat. xxiii (1831), p. 130. 

 Hvpoclinea {Ford.), Mayr, Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, v (ISo")), 

 p. 377. 



Type, D. attelahoides, Lund, from Brazil. 



Range. Both hemispheres. 



^ . Head short, generally almost as broad as long, the front 

 and the cheeks very convex ; in the Indian species not constricted 

 into a neck posteriorly ; mandibles triangular, very broad at the 

 masticatory margin, which is straight and furnished with numerous 

 (1 0-1:^) small teeth ; clvpeus very .shghtlv convi'X in all the snecies, 



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