BOTinilOMVUMEX. liOT 



pro-, meso- and basal portion of metanotiim viewed from above 

 convex and suhequal. Node of the pedicel very low, strongly 

 inclined for«nrd ; abdomen comparatively large and massive, very 

 convex in front. 



2 . Resembles the ^ , but is larger and more massive : the head 

 is smaller proportionately, the eyes larger ; the tliorax not very 

 gibbons or convex above, the node of the pedicel higher ; the 

 abdomen more elongate and subcylindrical. Colour a pale reddish 

 brown. 



Length, ^ 1-5-2 ; 2 -^'^ i"m. 



flab. Nortb-West Provinces {Smythies) -. Sikhim {Biiujham) ; 

 Western India ( Wrour/hton). 



349. Bothriomyrmex dalyi, Forel. 



BothriiiiTivnuex wrniightoni, Forel, race da.l\i, Forel, Jour. Bomb. 

 N. H. Soc. ix (1895). pp. 469 & 471, ^ . 



^ . Head, thorax and abdomen yellowish brown, the abdo- 

 men sometimes dark brown. The whole insect covered with a 

 whitish pubescence, most dense and somewhat long on the head 

 and abdomen ; pilosity very sparse, confined to a few scattered 

 pale hairs on the front of the head and on the abdomen pos- 

 teriorly. Head with the mandibles broadly oval, the top of the 

 head slightly convex, the occiput widely emarginate ; mandibles 

 broad, with 4 teeth placed rather wide apart ; clypeus much 

 broader than high, slightly convex, its anterior margin slightly 

 but distinctly arched ; antennae more slender and longer than in 

 B. myops, the scape extending slightly above the top of the head, 

 the 2nd joint of the flagellum distinctly longer than broad ; eyes 

 larger, placed more to the front than in B. myojis. Thorax short, 

 somewhat laterally compressed. Node of the pedicel higher and 

 more erect than in B. myops; abdomen broadly oval. 



Lenyth, ^ 2-2-5 mm. 



Bab. Apparently generally spread through India ; recorded 

 from Coonoor ( Wrouyhton), Bengal (Rothney), and Western 

 India. 



Dr. Forel considers this species merely a race of B. wrovyhtoni, 

 Forel, but it differs constantly in the shape and proportions of 

 the head, and in being more pubescent. 



350. Bothriomyrmex wroughtoni, Forel, Jour. Bomb. N. H. Soc. ix 



(1895), pp. 469 & 470, ? d 2 • 



5 . Head and thorax brownish yellow ; abdomen brown, some- 

 times wiih a yellowish tint, the whole insect covered with a fairly 

 abundant pale pul escence, especially dense on the abdomen. Head 

 without tlie mandibles square, as broad posteriorly as in front, 

 very convex; mandibles comparatively broad, the niasticatory 

 margin obhque, armed with 4 blunt teeth ; clypeus convex, broad, 



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