CAMPONOTUS. 3fi5 



portion of the abdomen shaded Avith fuscous. Head subtriaiiguhir, 

 articuhition of mandibles ilistinctly but sh'ghtly remote from the 

 lower comer of the checks ; mandibles short and broad, with 

 7 teeth ; clypeus subcarinate and sublobed ; occiput emarp;inatc. 

 Tliorax short, moderately broad ; legs short, tibiic very distinctly 

 flattened and longitudinally channeled. Node of pedicel slightly 

 convex anteriorly, rounded above, concave behind ; abdomen 

 subglobose. 



g min. Slighter, smaller, and lighter in coloiu" ; head oval ; 

 thorax proportionately longer ; femora and tibi;c of the legs more 

 compressed. Node of pedicel conical. 



LiiKjth, ^ ?»fy. 7-S ; ^ min. 5-7 mm. 



IJal). Assam (Loni/); Burma (Fea, Buu/Juoti); the Xicobars 

 (teste Mayr) ; Cochin China {Andri'). 



Var. exigvognttdtns, Forel, and var. tiiontlcohi, Emery, are darker 

 coloured varieties of Mayr's species. Tbis species is fairly common 

 iu tl\e hills in Burma. 



424. CamponotxiS carin {Emery), Bulla Torre, Cut. Hijm. vii (1893), 



P- --•■'• . . . . 



Camponotus dorvcus. Smith, race cann, Emery, Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. 



xxvii (1889), p. 51 1', ^ ; Forel, Jour. Bomb. N. H. Soc. vii (1891^), 



p. 226, g. 



^ maj. Head and scape of the antennye black ; flagellum, thorax 

 and abdomen reddish, somewhat fuscous brown, legs pale yellox^ish 

 brown ; head opaque, thorax and abdomen subopaque, slightly 

 glossy. Head elongate, oval, the occiput transverse, but the 

 occipital angles not prominent ; mandibles with G teeth ; clypeus 

 rather narrow, vertically carinate down the middle, median lobe 

 slightly produced. Thorax remarkably long proportionately : pro- 

 thorax narrowed anteriorly into a neck, about twice as long as 

 broad ; legs very long, tibi« very slightly compressed, longitudinally 

 channeled. Node of pedicel very thick at base, low and conical ; 

 abdomen narrow oval. 



g min. Similar, more slender; head narrowed posteriorly; 

 mandibles with o teeth. 



Length, g maj. 11-12; ^ min. 8-10 mm. 

 Hah. Burma (Bing/Kon); Tenasserim (i^^rt)- 



425. Camponotus lamarcki. Ford, Jour. Eomh. y. II. Soc. vii (1892), 



pp. 22() .V- 230, ^. 



^ viaj. Keddish testaceous to dark brownish black, reticulate- 

 punctate, opaque ; pubescence somewhat dense, especially ou the 

 head and thorax above, erect, i*eddish yellow. Head long, tri- 

 angular, broadest below the vertex, the occiintal angles rounded ; 

 mandibles rather small, with 7 teeth ; clypeus vertically carinate 

 down the middle, median lobe slightly produced, its anterior margin 

 distinctly but very slightly and widely emarginate. Thorax 

 elongate, metanotum very strongly laterally compressed ; legs long. 



