858 roitMiciD.!. 



aiii^ular, occiput deeply einarginate ; mandibles M'ith 6 teeth; 

 clypeiis subcarinate, median lobe rectangularly produced. Thorax 

 elongate ; legs stout, tibiae subcylindrical. Node of pedicel slightly 

 convex in front, flat posteriorly, acuminate at apex ; abdomen oval, 

 somewhat large and massive proportionately. 



^ min. Similar, more slender; head rectangular, the sides 

 parallel, the occipiit rounded and narrowed. Thorax more 

 elongate proportionately. Node of pedicel oval. 



Lenr/lJi, 5 iticj- 8-9; ^ min. 5-6 mm. 



IJah. Burma (Allan) ; Tenasserim {lihujlumi) ; the Malay 

 Peniusula and islands down to Borneo {Wallace). 



Described from the type in the British IMuseum. Except that 

 Burmese specimens are slightly larger and darker, there is no 

 difference, so far as I can see, between Smitli's species and the 

 race or variety sulmudvs., Emer}'. 



411. CamponotUS badius, Smith (Forniica), Proc. Linn. Soc. ii (1857), 



p. 54 : id. Cat. vi (1858), p. 22. 



^ maj. Head and abdomen black, mandibles, flagellum of the 

 antennae, thorax and legs reddish bro^n, shaded with fuscous on 

 the thorax above and on the tibiae of the legs. Head and thorax 

 subopaque ; abdomen smooth, shining. Pubescence sparse, erect. 

 Head a little longer than broad, the sides convex, the occiput very 

 slightly emarginate ; mandibles with 7 teeth ; clypeus broad, 

 tectiform, with a broad median lobe rectangularly produced, its 

 anterior margin denticulate. Thorax short and massive ; legs 

 short, the tibiae compressed and longitudinally channeled. Node 

 of pedicel thick, oval, convex anteriorly, flat posteriorly ; abdomen 

 comparatively broad and massive. 



5 min. Similar, more slender ; head similar to that of the ^ ma}., 

 not com]iressed or rounded posteriorly ; mandibles with 6 teeth ; 

 cly]ieus distinctly vertically carinate. Node of pedicel narrower. 



Lenr/iJi, g maj. 7-8 ; ^ min. 5-6'5 mm. 



Hai). Burma (BingJiam) : Ceylon ; Malacca ; Borneo (Brit. 

 Mus.). 



Some specimens of the ^ min. are entirely dark castaneous 

 brown and subopaque all ovei'. 



412, CamponotUS oblongUS, Smith (Formica), Cat.x'i (1858), p. 21,^; 



Fon'l, Jour. Bomb. N. H. Soc. vii (1892), p. 227, § . 



^ maj. Very dark brown, almost black, with a tint of reddish 

 on the prothorax in some specimens ; autenujc and legs hght 

 reddish yellow ; posterior margins of the abdominal segments 

 testaceous ; pubescence almost wanting, consisting of only a few 

 scattered erect hairs. Head large, massive, as broad anteriorly as 

 across the occiput, this latter emarginate, the lateral angles 

 rounded but prominent ; mandibles with 7 teeth ; clypeus broad, 

 subtectiform but not carinate ; median lobe short, anteriorly 



