CAitP03rorrr.«. 367 



2 . Very similar to the i moj. ; mesonotnm in front and scat<rlliiiii 

 verr ^biwos. Xode of petiicel much wider ; abdosien rery 

 massive and heavy. 



Letvjth. 2 rnaj. 17-21 ; Q min. 12—15 ; 2 1^ mm. 



HaJb. Western and Central India < Jcrdon, WrotjgAton) ; Assam 

 {Snvyikies) ; Burma, Maymjo. 3«)00 ft., and the plateaux in the 

 Shan States ( Biivjham ). In Assam and Burma the bJacfc form i< 

 replaced by var. sa/uptinoleutug. Porel, varvio^ in colour from a 

 light yellowish red to a deep maroon-red. Trth, in some of the 

 8 maj^ a black head and legs. 



4:^7. Camponcros invidus. Fortl. J^jut. E;m . y. H. Sjc. vii tleie), 

 pp. l':2-j X i':34. r . 



3 mia. Pale yellow, with very sparse erect yellowish pubes- 

 cence. Head from in front more or less elongate ovaL the 

 occiput somewhat constricted, sides of the bead srraisht not 

 convei : mandibles with 6 teeth : clypens comparatively broad- 

 medial carina indistinct ; median lobe scarcely produced : antennae 

 comparatively long and thick. Thorax very convex anterioriv, 

 giving a high-shouldered look to the insect, strongly larendlv 

 compressed posteriorly, with the pro-, mes'^- and metanotom more 

 strongly curved than in most species : legs stout, tibise cylindrical. 

 ^Xode of the pedicel low, convex in front, dat p-^sterioriy : ab»io- 

 men comparatively long and massive. 



Le-tiijth, 5 mia. 5—6 mm. 



Hob. Onssa (Taulof ). 



The 2 maj.. 2 and z ^ire unknown. 



42S. Camponotus binghami. Forel.Jaur. Bohih. X.H. Soe. viii (I5O41, 

 p. ^598, 2 min. ; Aiui. Soc: £nt. Beige, xlvi ( 190!2 ), p. 2^-5, 2 maj. 



~ 5 inaj. Head absolutely rectangiilar,, eniar^inate in front and 

 at back, longer by a good fourth than brooJ. subtruncate in trout. 

 Mandibles armed with 6 teeth, punctured, striate or shagreened and 

 opaque towards their base. 31edian portion of the ciypeus much 

 longer than broad, enlarged posteriorly where its sides are convex, 

 impressed in front, and feebly grooved in the middle of its posterior 

 half. Eyes somewhat in front of the posterior third of the head. 

 Mesonofum very distinct, submargin^d. Xode of the pedicel 

 thick, but less obtuse on its upper margin than in the 2 raiii. 

 Front of the head reticulate-punctate, opaque, studded with larse 

 elongate punctures irregular and piLgerous, abundantly covered 

 with short, thick, obnise yellow hairs, which are 'ess abundant 

 on the 2 mill. Clypeus and cheeks yellowish red : antenna 

 entirely brown, except at the base of the scape which is reddish. 

 Head less pubescent than in the 3 o"«- For the rest resenibiinj; 

 the latter." i^Ford.) 



5 r/it/i. Black ; the mandibles, antennae and less dark casta- 

 neous brown, the whole insect covered " "'" ■. *.iiriv dense, short. 



