328 loitMKMi) i:. 



slightly incised in the middle ; frontal area distinct, above it on 

 the front a short but distinct longitudinal carina ; antenna) long, 

 especially the scape, uhich extends beyond the top of the head by 

 more than half its length. Thorax with the pro- and raetanotura 

 rounded, gibbous ; the mesonotum very long, strongly constricted 

 and cvlindrical. Viewed from the side the thorax has a form some- 

 what like that of a dumbbell; thoracic sutures visible but not 

 very distinct above ; legs long and robust. Node of the pedicel 

 strongly inclined forwards, somewhat conical, rounded above ; 

 abdomen remarKably large, highly raised, convex and gibbons 

 anteriorly, conical posteriorly. 



Length, g 5*5 mm. 



Hah. Shan Hills, Upper Burma, at nOOU ft. ; Karennee {Fea). 



Described from three specimens procured by me. 



373. Prenolepis taylori. Forel, Join: Buvtb. X. 11. Soc. viii (1894), 

 pp. 407 .'^ 410, ^ $d. 



^ . Pale yellow, very minutely punctured, subopaque and only 

 slightlj' shining; head, thorax and abdomen covered with sparsely 

 scattered, short, semi-erect pale hairs. Head oval, lojiger than 

 broad, very convex in front, the vertex rounded ; mandibles 

 narrow, the masticatory margin oblique ; clypeus broad, its an- 

 terior margin arched ; antenna) somi'^'hat short, the scape not 

 exteiiding beyond tht^ top of the head by more than about one- 

 third of its length ; ej'es proportionately rather small, placed 

 laterally below the middle line of the side of the head. Thorax 

 elongate, the pro-meso- and meso-metanotal sutures distinct, a 

 well-marked incision or narrow emargination at the latter, but 

 the mesothorax not constricted ; legs moderately long. Node of 

 the pedicel low, inclined forwards, flat, rounded above ; abdomen 

 massive, convex above, gibbous in front. 



" § . Dark- brown, njandibles, antenna?, legs and node of the 

 pedicel reddish yellow. Hairs on scape of the antennae brownish. 

 Node of the pedicel thick, strongly iiiclined." (Forel.) 



" c? • Head oval, slighth' longer than broad. Basal portion of 

 the metanotum horizontal, a little longer than the slopi]ig apical 

 portion. Colour as in P. indica c? ." (Forel.) 



Length, ^ and c? under 2 ; 5 3*5-4 mm. 



Hah. lltH'orded from Bengal (Tai/lor), Western India (Wrongh- 

 ton), and Ceylon (Ycrhurg). 



374. Prenolepis bengalensis, Forel 



Prenolepis bourboiiioa, Forel, rnee bengaleusis, Forel, Jour. JJovth. 

 N. H. Soe. viii (1894), pp. 406 & 407. 



^ . Dark castaneous brown, shining, covered with long and 

 fairly abundant, erect, reddish hairs, more dense on the abdomen 

 than on the rest of the body; mandibles, antenna" and l(>gs 

 paler brown. Head not pilose, very convex, the cheeks and 

 the occiput transverse, broad ; mandibles subtriangular. armed 



