332 I'OBlIlCIDiE. 



eyes remarkably lar<;e and prominent, situated above the micldl<' of 

 the Iiead. Thorax i-atber long, the pro- and inesonotum forming 

 one convexitv subequal with tlie metanotuui forming the other 

 convexity, the meso-nietanotal suture dividing tlu'tn broad and 

 well-impressed. Node of pedicel somewhat thick, inclined for- 

 wards ; abdomen broad and short, anteriorly somewhat truncate 

 and gibbous, with a very distinct groove for the reception of the 

 node. 



Len(/tJi, ^ 3'5 mm, 



Jfa/>. Kecorded from the Xorth-West Provinces, India, and 

 from .Assam (Sim/thies). 



380. Preiiolepis aseta, Forel, Ann. Soc. But. Ikbj. xlvi (1902), p. i'!»i\ 



^ . Head a]id abdomen brownish yellow, thorax dull reddish 

 yellow, auteinia^ and legs dingy yc^llow of a lighter shade than the 

 thorax ; head, thorax and abdomen lightly minutely punctured, 

 reticulate ; pilosity of a pale yellow, rather sparse, pubescence 

 tinc^ and short, giving a pruiuose appearance to the head and 

 abdomen, less so to the thorax. Head rectangular, the sides 

 straight, a little longer than broad, posteriorly slightly emarginate ; 

 mandibles finely sculptured, armed with 6 teeth ; clypeus polished 

 and shining, very convex and subcarinate down the middle, with 

 the margin anteriorly slightly emarginate; autenna3 long, but not 

 so long proportionately as in P. longicornis, the scape passing 

 beyond the top of the head by about one-foui'th of its length ; 

 eyes not prominent, placed about the middle of the sides of the 

 head and a little to the front. Thorax in profile somewhat re- 

 sembling the thorax in species belonging to the genus Iridoini/nue.v, 

 Mayr; the thonicic suture distinct but feeble, the meso-metanotal 

 suture slightly emarginate, and containing two somewhat ])ro- 

 minent stigmata ; metanotum raised a little, the basal portion 

 passing by a short and rounded curve to the apex. Pedicel as in 

 all species of Prenolepis ; abdomen rounded and gibbous in front, 

 with a shallow groove for reception of the node of the pedicel. 



Leniith^ ^ 2-5 mm. 



llah. [Sikhira, Darjeeling (Wrour/Jtton). 



Genus ACROPYGA. 

 Acropyga, Hor/cr, IJcii. enf. Zoit. vi (186i'j, p. 242. 



Type, A. acutiventris, lioger, from Ceylon. 



Bange. Indo-Malayau region. 



5 . Head quadrangular, without the mandibles nearly square, 

 slightly emarginate posteriorly, convex in front ; mandibles some- 

 what narro\\', the masticatory margin very oblique, and armed 

 with 5 teeth ; clypeus convex, broader than long, truncate pos- 

 terioi-ly, the angles rounded, anteriorly lightly and widely emar- 

 ginate, not covering the mandibles ; aiitennal carinas short, 

 somewhat wide apart and parallel; anteanje 11-jointed; the 



