;i()G 



F()li.MICJD,i:. 



rt'. Head witluiiit luantliblfs lc)iit.'frlliim biHiiul. 



n'-. Occiput tri\iisvc'i>e ; length under 2 mm. 7>. nn/ops, p. 306. 

 b-. Occiput distinctly though widely emai- 



ginate ; length i'Vcr '2. mm />'. (hihji. p. .".07. 



b'. Head without maudible-s square, as long as 



broad I>- icroiii/Jifo7n\ j). 



507. 



:*47. Bothriomyrmex walshi, Fu/el, Jour. JJomb. y. II. Soc.ix (1805), 

 ].p. 4()0, -171, ^ 2- 



$ . Dark castaiieou.s brown or black, smooth and shining, 

 except the abdomen, which is conspicuously jMibescent ; the man- 

 dibles, antennic, tibia' and tarsi of the legs yellowish. Head oval, 

 longer than broad ; mandibles stout, convex, exteriorly with 

 7 small but acute teeth ; clypeus subtriangular, its anterior margin 

 trai sverse, posterior margin not clearly defined ; antenna; com- 

 paratively short and stout, densely pubescent, the scape not quite 

 reacbingthe top of the head ; eyes placed laterally and a little 

 forward, closer to the base of the mandibles than to the top of the 

 head. Thorax short and comparatively broad, the pro-meso- and 

 meso-metanotal sutures very distinct and well-marked, tiie pro- 

 notum, mesonotum and basal portion of the metanotum convex, 

 the last obliquely truncate at apex, the truncate apical portion 

 much longer than the basal portion ; legs short, somewhat stout 

 and densely pubescent. Node of the pedicel low, flat posteriorly, 

 incHned to" the front; abdomen broadly oval. 



Letujth, ^ 1-5-2 mm. 



Hah. Sikhim {Bimjham) ; Bengal {liothney). 



348. Sothriomyrmex myops, Furel, Jour. Bomh. N.H. Hoc. ix (189o), 

 pp. 469 & 471, § ^. 



^ . Head, thorax and abdomen pale yel- 

 low, very slightly tinted with brown, espe- 

 cially on the abdomen, antenna) and legs a 

 shade paler; the whole insect densely ])u- 

 bescent, especially on the abdomen, pidies- 

 cence mixed with a few scattered eiect pale 

 hairs on the front of the head and apex of 

 the abdomen. Head proportionately very 

 large, <;onvex anteriorly ; mandibles broad, 

 punctured, pubescent; clypeus widely sub- 

 triangular, anterior margin transverse, pos- 

 terior margin distinct, well defined ; antenna) 

 proportionately very thick, rather short, 

 the scape barely reaching the top of the head, the 2nd joint 

 of the tlagellum as broad as long, longer than the 3rd joint; 

 eyes very small, smaller than in any other known Indian species, 

 placed, lis in B. walshi, below the transverse middle line of the 

 head. Thorax short and broad, the thoracic sutures distinct, the 



^. 92. — Bothriomyr- 

 mex myop», 5 . 



