CAMrOXOXUS. 



355 



brown. Head triangular, lateral occipital angles prominent ; 

 mandibles and clypeus as in C. taijlori, but tlie median lobe of the 

 latter considerably longer. Thorax broad; prouotum nearly as 

 broad as long; legs comparatively short, covered with short, 

 rather sparse recumbent hairs. Node of the pedicel narrowly 

 oval ; abdomen broad and massive. 



^ mm. Similar, slighter : head somewhat rectangular, rounded 

 above, about the same width as the prothorax ; mandibles with 

 6 teeth ; antennte, tliorax, legs and abdomen all comparatively 

 longer than in the ^ niaj. 



Lenfith^ ^ maj. 8-t) ; ^ min. 6-7 mm. 



Hab. Ceylon (I'erbur)/) ; Upper Burma, May my o, 3000 ft. 

 (Smythies) . 



406. Camponotus mitis, Smith (Formica), Cat. vi (1858), p. -20, ^ . 



Formica veiitralis 5 & bacehus ^, Smith, Cat. vi (18-38), pj). 20 



& 21. 

 Camponotus maculatus, Fabr., race mitis [Smith), Ford, Jour. 

 Bomb. y. H. Soc. vii (18t)2), pp. 230 .t 242, ^ . 



^ maj. Head, scape of anteiuiae and abdomen opaque dark 

 fuscons brown : Hagellum of the antennte, thorax and legs yellowish 

 brown ; pubescence erect, sparse on the head and thorax, more 

 plentiful on the abdomen, short, fairly close, and recumbent on 

 the legs. Head subtriangular, broad posteriorly, the occiput 



Fig. 112. — Cdinponotii!^ ,nifis, ^ maj. 



emarginate ; mandibles, clypeus, antennte and eyes as in C. com- 

 jyressus. Thorax stout ; legs moderately long, femora slightly 

 compressed, tibise prism-shaped, longitudinally channeled. Node 

 of the pedicel a little narrower than in C. comjijressus ; abdomen 

 comparati\ely broad, long and massive. 



^ )nin. Similar, but of a testaceous brown all over; head 



rectangular, narrow, pos- 

 teriorly rounded. 



$ . Eesembles the g mnj., 

 but the sides of the head are 

 more convex, the lateral oc- 

 cipital angles rounded, the 

 occiput transverse. Node of 

 the pedicel broader. Hatter, 

 rounder above ; abdomen \ery large and massive. 

 Leiujtii, g maj. b— 10 ; ^ min. 6-7'5 ; $11-13 unn. 



•2 A 2 



Fig. 113. — Caiaponulns mili^, ^ luiii. 



