CAMPONOTUS. 359 



transverse. Thorax short, hroad and robust ; legs stout, tibi;e 

 cvHndrical. Kode of pedicel thick, convex in front, flat posteriorly ; 

 abdomen broad and massive. 



^ mill. Similar ; much smaller, slighter, and lighter in colour. 

 Head not narrowed posteriori}^ ; clypeus more distinctly tectiform ;. 

 mandibles with 6 teeth. 



Lcnr/tii, ^ maj. 8-9 ; ^ min. 5'5-G mm. 



Hub. India, Bhutan (Calcutta 3It(s.): Sikhim (MoJler); Assam 

 (Sniyt/iics) ; Burma ; Siam (Binf/hfon). 



4l:j. Camponotus variegatiis, Snnf/t (Fonulca), Cat. vi (1858), 

 p. 19, ^$. 



^ maj. Yellowish red without lustre, head and abdomen fuscous, 

 flasellum of the antennte and legs paler than thorax ; pubescence 

 pale yellow, sparse and erect. Head subtriangular, rather elongate, 

 the posterior lateral angles not prominent ; mandibles with 6 teetli ; 

 clypeus tectiform, median lobe very short. Thorax narrow, rather 

 compressed ; legs long, comparatively fine and delicate, tibiae 

 cylindrical. Node of the pedicel small, remarkably thick, very 

 coii\ex in front, flat posteriorly ; abdomen broadly oval. 



^ rain. Similar, smaller and more slender, head and abdomen 

 only a shade darker than the thorax ; mandibles with 5 teeth. 



9 . Testaceous yellow all over, mandibles red-brown, scape of 

 the antennae fuscous ; abdomen with the apical margins of the 

 segments dark brown, giving it a cross-barred appearance. Head, 

 thorax and abdomen finely and densely reticulate-punctate. 



Length, ^ maj. 9-10 ; 5 min. 6-7 ; $ 13 mm. 



Hah. Cey\on {a^jud SmitJi) ; Upper Burma, Ruby Mines District 

 {Jilnf/ham) ; the Shan States {Thominon) ; Maymyo, 3000 ft. 

 (Sun/i/iii's) ; Singapore (a2yHd iSuiiiJi). 



414. Camponotus buddhse, Fore/, Jour. Bomb. N. H. Sac. vii (1892), 

 pp. 2l'7 & 238, ^ . 



" g media. Head rectangular, with the posterior margin trans- 

 verse and the posterior angles rounded; length of scape 1'9 mm., 

 of posterior tibia 2 mm. Slandibles armed with G teeth more or 

 less worn (obtuse), very finely reticulate-striate, somewhat shining, 

 profusely punctured, moderately curved on the external margin. 

 Clypeus carinate, with a trapeziform anterior lobe, the margin in 

 front shorter than the margin at base, and furnished with stift' 

 hairs. Frontal area rather wide. Antennal carintc divergent. 



"Thorax moderately arched, wide in front, compressed poste- 

 riorly. The sloping face of the metanotum not distinct, about as 

 long as half the basal portion. Node of pedicel narrow, oval, bicon- 

 vex, thick, with an obtuse margin, which is narrow at the summit. 

 Tibifc nearly cylindrical (a little compressed) without spines. 



" Shining, very finely and feebly rugulose. A superimposed 

 coarse punctation is spread all over the head, somewhat more 

 abundant posteriorly than in front. On the thorax and abdomen 



