•502 rORMlCID.E. 



ol" white is common, and has been named var. hriinne'n)cs bv 

 Di-. Forel. 



•U2. Technomyrmex brunneus. 



Technomvrmex albipes, race bruiiueiis, Forel, Jour. Bomh. N. 11. 

 6V. ix'(lS9rj), p. 407. 



5 . Keddish brown, smooth and shining ; the tarsi pale yellow- 

 ish brown, the posterior margins of the apical three abdomiiial 

 segments narrowly testaceous; pilosity more abundant thau in 

 7'. albipL's. Head broader posteriorly than in front, the occiput 

 widely emarginate ; mandibles broadly triangular, convex on the 

 outside, the masticatory margin with numerous minute but acule 

 teeth ; clyi)eus convex, its posterior margin not clearly defined, 

 anteriorly with a medial circular incision in the margin. Thorax 

 in front strongly convex, the meso-metanotal suture not so deep, 

 and the metanotum more rounded than in I', alhipes ; legs more 

 slender. Node of the pedicel and the abdomen as in T. alhipes. 



Length, ^ slightly over .'3 mm. 



Hah. 8ikhim (Bingham) ; Western India ( Wrovghton). Pro- 

 bably will be found generally distributed in the moister parts of 

 1 ndia and Burma. 



o43. Technomyrmex hicolor, Emery, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. Ixii (1890). 

 p. 1'49, ^ ; Forel, Jour. Bomb. X. II. Soc. (189o), p. 467, ^ . 



^ . Black ; the mandibles, antennse, thorax and legs pale 

 reddish or brownish yellow; pilosity and pubescence as in T. alhrpes. 

 Head subcordate, convex in front; mandibles triangular, broad, 

 the masticatory margin minutely dentate ; clypeus as in T. alhipes: 

 antenna?, especially the scape, proportionately much longer ; 

 the joints of the flagellum longer than broad. Thorax more 

 slender than in I', alhipes; the pro- and mesouotum not so convex ; 

 the legs proportionately longer. Pedicel and abdomen as in 

 T. albijje-'i. 



Length, ^ 2*5 to nearly .'{ mm. 



Bah. Ceylon (Green). 



:344. Technomyrmex elatior. 



Teclmoniyi'niex nioijcliliaui, Emeri/, race elatior, Forel, Ann. Soc. 

 Ent. Behj. xh'i (1902), p. 293, ^ . 



^ . Black, the antenmc and legs reddish brown, the tarsi 

 paling to yellowish brown ; pilosity almost entirely wanting, but 

 the head, thorax and abdomen covered with a thin silky hoary- 

 white pubescence, very short and fine, and only to be seen in 

 (•(!rtain lights, the pubescence on the tibia) indistinct but recum- 

 bent. Entirely smooth but minutely closely reticulate, dull and 

 subopaque. Head with the cheeks very convex, the occiput 

 emarginate; mandibles proportionately rather large, shining reddish 

 brown ; clypeus medially incised, the incision broader than in the 

 <jther species of the genus and not so deep ; antenna) massive, the 



