TEcn>()MYi!Mb;x. :i01 



Key to the Species. 



u. Anterior margin of clypeus with a deep cres- 

 centic eniargination. 

 a', Scajie of aiiteunte scarcely extending- beyond 

 top of bead. 

 a-. Black, the tarsi white or brownish white 



in marked contrast T. albipes, p. 301. 



b'. Eeddish brown, the tarsi slightly paler, not 



in contrast T. brunneus, p. 302. 



b' . Scape of antennas extending beyond top of 



head by one-fourth of its length T. bicolor, p. 302. 



b. The anterior margin of the clypeus very slightly 



and widely emarginate ~. T. elatior, p. 302. 



341. Technomyrmex albipes, Smith (Tapinoma), Jottr. Linn. Soc. vi 

 (1861), p. 38, ^ ; Ford, Jour. Bomb. N. H. Soc. ix (1895), 

 .p. 4(50. 



$ . Black, somewhat shining : the mandibles reddish or yellowish 

 brown, the tarsi white ; the head, thorax and abdomen very 

 finely and closely reliculafe-punctate, covered with a thin very 

 short silky-white pubescence, and a few scattered erect pale hairs 

 on the front of the head and apex of the abdomen. Head longer 



,y 



Fig. 91. — Technomyrthca- alhipcs, ^. 



than broad, cordate or widely emarginate posteriorly ; mandibles 

 characteristic of the genus; chpeus with the anterior margin 

 medially and circularly inci>ed ; antennae with the 2nd and succeed- 

 ing joints (except the apical joint) as broad as long or broader. 

 Thorax, pedicel and ahdomen with the characters as in the genus; 

 the thoracic emargination at the meso-metanotal suture wide but 

 not very deep. 



$ . Eesembles the "^ , but has the head, thorax and abdomen 

 subopaque, not so shining; the antennse are dark brown, the legs 

 castaneous red, the tarsi being white as in the ^ . For the rest, 

 see the characters of the genus. 



Lnujtii, ^ 2-5-3 : 2 slightly over 3 mm. 



J[(ih. Throughout our lunirs. and spread over the whole of the 

 tropics of the Old World. The species is frequently imported 

 into Europe with tropical plants ; 1 have seen many spec-imens 

 from the Kew Gardens. A variety with the tarsi brown instead 



