352 roEMiciDiE. 



punctate, the pedicel and base of abdomen sometimes shining, 

 the posterior margins of the abdominal segments narrowly 

 testaceous, mandibles, flagellum of the antennte and legs cas- 

 tant'ous brown or ri'd, rarel)^ black ; pubescence sparse, erect, 

 often wanting on the head and thorax. Head triangular, very 



Fig. 109. — Camponotus cornprca.'tus, ^ maj. a. Head. 



broad posteriorly, lateral occipital angles prominent ; mandibles 

 with 7 teeth ; clypeus medially vertically carinate, the middle 

 portion anteriorly ivctangularly produced into a lobe ; scape of 

 antennae cylindrical ; eyes comparatively small, frontal rather 

 than lateral. Thorax narrower than the head, anteriorly pro- 

 duced into a collar ; legs long, tibite compressed prism-shaped. 

 Node of pedicel oval, transverse, convex in front, flat posteriorly ; 

 abdomen comparatively broad and massive. 



^ min. Similar, smaller and more slender ; head elongate, pro- 

 duced and narrowed posteriori}-, the sides of the head straight not 

 convex ; mandibles with 5 teeth. 



5 . Resembles the ^ maj., but the head is not so large in 

 proportion, and its lateral occipital angles not so prominent ; 

 mesonotum gibbous in front, flat or very lightly convex above. 



S . Somewhat similar to the $ ; head \evy small, subtriangular, 

 mesonotum and scutellum gibbous ; node of the pedicel bituber- 

 culate above. 



Length, ^ maj. 11-16 ; ^ min. 6-8 ; $ 14-18 : J 10-13 mm. 



Hah. India, Assam, Burma, Ceylon, ascending up to 7000 ft., 

 perhaps higher ; extending through llussia and Ai'abia into Africa, 

 and on the east to the Malayan subregion. 



This species is plentiful where it occurs, but in Burma certainly 

 it is locally distributed. Interesting accounts of its habits are 

 given by Mr, Eothuey (Trans. Ent. Soc. Loud. 1889, pp. 347-350) 

 and by* Mr. Wroughton (Jour. Bomb. N. H. Soc. vii (1892), 

 p. 30). It is one of the ants noted for tending and keeping 

 " ant-cattle." 



4<»2. Caniponotus basalis, Smith. 2nd Yark. Miss., Hi/m. 1878, p. 9, 

 pl.tig. 1. $. 

 Caniponotus luaculatus, Fuhr., race lobiuieri, Forel, Ami. Soc. Ent. 

 Beige, xlvi (1902), p. 287. 



^ maj. Head and abdomen fuscous brown or black, antennae, 

 thorax, legs and node of pedicel reddish yellow ; abdomen in front 

 with a large reddish-yellow stain, the posterior margins of the 



