296 foemicidjE. 



above and posteriorly. Node of the pedicel smooth and shining, 

 thicker above than at base, a little broader than thick ; abdomen 

 shilling, broad at base, not so convex above as in D. sulcaticeps 

 and somewhat pointed at apex. 



Length, ^ 3-3".5 mm. 



Hah. Sikhira (Aloller), Western India ( W roughton) ; Burma. 

 Tenasserim {Fea, Bingham) ; extending into the Malayan sub- 

 region. 



;335. Dolichoderus taprobanae, Smith (Foniiica). Cat. \\ (1858), p. 13, 



^ ; Ford, Jour. Bomb. N. II. Soc. ix (18i)r>), p. 464, ^ . 

 Hypoc'inea oracilipes, Mayr, Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, xxviii 



(1878), p. 658, ?. 

 Doliclioderus seiiiirufuf!, Andre, Rev. d'Entom. vi (1887), p. 288, ^ . 



^ . Head, thorax and pedicel brownish red, legs paler, ab- 

 domen black ; bead, thorax anvl abdomen w ith a few scattered 

 erect, short, soft ])ale hairs and a thin sericeous pale pubescence. 

 Head with the niandililes subtriangular, broader posteriorly than 

 in front, smooth and shining ; cheeks convex ; mandibles, clypeus, 

 antennal cai'inic and anti^nnaj as in all the Indian species ot" the 

 genus ; eyes ])lared more anteriorly than in D. fcoi or D. sulcaticeps. 

 Thorax laterally compressed, the pronotuin slightly convex, ante- 

 riorly margined ; mesonotum longitudinally suk-ate and bigibbous, 

 the meso-metanotal emarginat'on deep and well-marked ; the 

 metanotum witli the basal and apical portions subequal, the former 

 liorizoiital, the latter truncate and slightly concave ; legs robust. 

 Node of the ])edic-el low, slightly convex in front, transverse 

 above ; abdomen ratlier massive, broadly oval. 



Length, ^ 2*5-3-3 inm. 



Hab. Throughout our limits. 



Varieties have the abdomen reddish brown and the legs longer ; 

 var. gracUipes, Mayr. 



336. Dolichoderus affinis, Emery, Ann. 3fus. Civ. Gen. xxvii (1889), 

 p. 508, ])1. xi, tii;-. L'O, ^ ; Forel, Jour. Bomb. JS'. H. Sac. ix 

 (189.>), p. 464, ?. 



"^ . Heddish brow n to dark brown, the mandibles, antennie 

 and legs lighter in colour ; head, thorax and abdomen s|)arsely 

 pilose and pubescent. Head sliining, very finely closely punctate, 

 longer than broad; cheeks and front very convex; mandibles 

 proportionately large, the apical tooth long, acute and slightly 

 curved ; clypeus, antennae and eyes as in D. bifubercidattis. 

 Thorax : the [)ronotum slightly flit and anteriorly margined ; 

 the mesonotum raised, somewhat flat, indistinctly medially sul- 

 cate ; metanotuia slightly convex and sloping from back to 

 front, its apical portion truncate and concave; the whole thorax 

 irregularly but very distinctly punctured, wrinkled and sculp- 

 tured, but not so coai'sely as in D. hi tuber cuJatvs ; legs long, 

 rather markedly pilose. Node of the pedicel inclined forward. 



