uoLicjioBEmis. 293 



^^30. Dolichoderus sulcaticeps, Mayr (Hypoclinea). Verh. zool.-bot. 

 Ges. Wien, xx (1870), p. Or>7, ^ ; Furel, Bomb. N. H. Soc. ix 

 (1895) p. 402, ^ . 



$ . Black, highly polished and shining, the apical five joints of 

 the flagellura ofc' the antenufe and the apical four segments of the 

 abdomen bright I'eddish yellow ; the mandibles brownish red ; 

 head, thorax and abdomen covered with fairly abundant erect pale 

 hairs. Head from the front with the mandibles triangular, the 

 posterior margin slightly convex, nearly transverse, the lateral 

 angles rounded, the front with a det^p farrow re.u-hing down to 

 between the eyes ; mandibles triangular, somewhat short and very 

 broad and dentate along the masticator}'^ margin ; clypeus slightly 

 convex, its anterior margin transverse ; antennae with the scape 

 thickening towards the apex ; eyes placed high upon the sides of 

 the head. Thorax high, the pronotum rounded and convex above, 

 the emargination between the meso- and metanotum deep, the 

 latter convex and rounded above, flat and longitulinally concave 

 at apex; legs long and robust. Node of the pedicel viewed from 

 the side conical, triangular ; abdomen short and broadly oval, very 

 convex above. 



Lemjth, ^ b-o-Q'b mm. 



Hab. Burma (i^d(f); Tenasserim (/?t/ir/7trtm), extending into the 

 Malayan subregion. 



Some specimens have the yellow on the abdomen extending up 

 the sides to the 'basal segment. 



331. Dolichoderus burmanicus, sp. uov. 



^ . Head, thorax and node of the pedicel reddish brown ; the 

 mandibles and antenna) yellowish brown ; legs and abdomen 

 yellow in striking contrast ; the whole insect densely pilose, and 

 minutely and sparsely pubescent. Head with the mandibles from 



Fig. 88. — UolichocU'rv.s hiii-iiiaau'iis, ^ . 



th<' front elongately triangular, very convex ; mandibles very 

 broad and straight at the masticatory margin, furnished with 

 10-12 small acute teeth, punt-tured and pilose ; clypeus broad, 

 slightly convex, transverse anteriorly, with the margin fringed 

 with iongish hairs ; frontal area small but distinct, triangular ; 



