3G4 I'oiJMicin.i. 



421. Camponotus paria, Emery. 



Caniponotus micans, Nyl., race pavia, Emery, Ann. Miis. Civ. Gen. 



.\xvii(1889),p. ol.'j, ■^. 

 Caiupoiiotus rufoglaucus, Jerd., race paria {Emery), Forcl, Jour. 



Bomb. N. H. Hoc. vii (1892), pp. 226 & 2;38, ^ . 



^ maj. Closely resembles C. rufoglaucus, Jerd., but the exairiin- 

 Jitiou of a long series of each shows the following structural 

 diiferences besides the constant difference of colour : — The pro- 

 duced median lobe of the clypeus has its lateral angles more or less 

 rounded, and there is generally an emargination or notch in the 

 middle of the margin. In rufoijlaacus, the anterior margin of 

 the median lobe is transverse. Tlie node of the pedicel is broader, 

 thinner and flatter than in C. rufoijlaucm, and the silky pilosity is 

 more dense and more equally spread. This species is black, with 

 the posterior margins of the abdominal segments testaceous yellow. 



2 mill. Similar, more slender ; the head elongate, compressed 

 posteriorly ; mandibles with 5 teeth. 



5 . Very similar to the ^ maj., but the head longer, the sides 

 less convex, and the occiput transverse. JVode of the pedicel similar 

 in shape, but thicker than in the ^ maj. 



Lengtli, ^ )Hf(/. 9-10 ; ^ min. o-7 ; 2 14 mm. 

 Hah. Apparently throughout India, Assam, Burma and Ceylon. 

 I have found nests of this species side by side with those of C. rufo- 

 (jlaxicifs. 



422. Camponotus dolendus, Forel. 



Camponotus rufoglaucus. Jerd., race dolendus, Forel, Jour. Bomb. 

 N. H. Sac. vii (1892), pp. 227 .^' 238, g . 



^ maj. Eesembles C. paria, Emery, but entirely wants the silky 

 lustrous pubescence ; on the contrary, it is opaque dead-black, 

 with the posterior margins of the abdominal segments much more 

 narrowly testaceous, llead with the sides more convex ; clypeus 

 with the medial lobe distinctly rectangularly produced. Thorax 

 short and broad ; legs with the tibia^ compressed and with scattered 

 spines on their underside. Node of pedicel and abdomen as in 

 C paria. 



^ mill. Similar, more slender, the head narrower, oval, rounded, 

 but not compressed posteriorly ; the pronotum, mesonotum and 

 basal half of the metanotum form a gentle curA^e, apical half of 

 the last steeply sloped, almost truncate. Node of the pedicel 

 conical. 



Length, ^ 5»"./. S-9 ; $ lain. 6-7 mm. 



Hah. The X.W. Himalayas above 5000 ft. (Smythies) ; Sikhim 

 (MdUer). 



3. Camponotus nicobarensis, Mayr, Xovara Beise, Formicid. 1865, 

 p. ol, ^; Forel (car. yxiguoguttatus), Jour. Bomb. N. II. Hoc. vii 

 (1892), pp. 229 .t 240; Emery {rar. niouticola), Ann. 3h(s. Civ. 

 den. xxxiv (1894), p. 479. 



^ maj. Brownish reJ, subcoriaceous, opaque, the posterior 



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