346 formicid.t:. 



suture. The truncation of tiie clypeus slight, not submargined." 

 (Forel.) 



Length, 5 10 mm. 



JIaf). Bengal, Barrackpore (liuthney), probably extending through 

 Assam, Burma and Tenasserim to the Malay peninsula and islands. 

 From .Singapore var. sir/gii, Forel, has been described. Of 0. an- 

 gnstata 1 have only seen tlie S? . The ^ rauj. and ^ min. are 

 unknown to me. 



398. Colobopsis rothneyi, Forel. Jour. liomh. N. 11. Hoc. vii (1893), 



^ maj. Short, broad, with the head comparatively \er}- massive 

 and large. Head and thorax testaceous brown ; abdomen black, 

 shining, the posterior margins of the segments yellowish white. 

 Head cylindrical, the truncated portion concave ; clypeus medially 

 vertically carinate, the front behind the margin of the truncation 

 coarsely reticulate-punctate. Thorax broad, comparatively broader 

 than in the other Indian species ; pro-meso- and meso-metanotal 

 sutures distinct, the thorax not emarginate at the latter. Node 

 of pedicel transverse ; abdomen massive. 



5 . Larger relatively to the g maj. than in other Indian 

 species ; head more elongate than in the ^ maj. ; metanotum 

 more convex. 



^ min. Unkno'\\n to me. 



Length, ^ inaj. 4 ; $ 7 mm. 



Hah. Bengal, Orissa {Taylor), Barrackpore (Rothneg). 



This species closely i-esembles C. trimcata, Spinola, of Europe. 

 The type is in Mr. Rothney's collection. 



399. Colobopsis saundersi, Emery, Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xxvii (1889), 



p 'i\i\ ^ ; Forel, Jour. Bomb. N. H. ISoc. vii (1893), pp. 435 & 



438,5$. 



5 min. Bed, the legs and a subapical transverse line on the 

 margins of the abdominal segments i'uscous; pubescence very 

 short and sparse, mixed with a few 

 erect pale hairs on the front of the 

 head and at the apex of the abdomen. 

 Head anteriorly subtruncate ; mandibles 

 rather narrow, clypeus with a distinct 

 but not prominent medial vertical 

 „. ^ carina; antennal carinse short, wide 



Colohopds mmidcr.i, g min. W^^^'^- Thorax viewed from the side 

 Head and thorax. ^^ ith a shallow wide sulcatioii ni the 



middle, obliquely truncate posteriorly ; 

 legs of moderate length, fairly densely clothed with short oblique 

 whitish hairs. Node of pedicel low, conical, convex anteriorly, some- 

 what flat posteriorly ; abdomen oval, about as long as the thorax. 

 " 5 maj. The head is greatly enlarged in front, strongly trun- 

 cated and with a verv acute margin, which is also the case with 



