CA^[PONOTUS. 



371 



sparsely, thorax and abdoinen somewhat densely pubeisceut. pubes- 

 cence erect on head and thorax, ob- 

 lique and recumbent on the abdomen, 

 of a yeIlo\\ ish-red colour. Head very 

 large, very convex on the sides, occi- 

 put emarginatc, lateral angles very 

 prominent ; clypeus not carinate, 

 slightly convex and bi-emarginate 

 anteriorly. Thorax very broad in 

 front, suddenly laterally compressed 

 posteriorly, only slightly "arched above, 

 the posterior half of the metanotum 

 suddenl}' and obliquely truncate ; legs 

 stout, tibia? slightly*^ flattened and 

 longitudinally channeled. Node of 

 pedicel comparatively thick ; abdomen 

 short, broadly oval. 



g . Similar, shghter, head much 

 smaller proportionately, clypeus tecti- 

 form, slope of metanotum less steep, 



femora and tibia? strongly compressed. 



Length, g maj. 11-13 ; ^ min. S-10 mm. 



Hah. The Karen and Shan hills, Burma (Binr/Jnim), extending 



through China to Japan. 



Fig. 117. — Camponofiis 

 japonicus, ^ nmj. 



434. Camponotus radiatus, Forel, Jow: Bomb. N. H. Sac. vii (1892), 

 jip. '2-2r, k 23.3, ^ . 



^ inaj. Unknown. 



g mill. Jet-blaclc. densely opaque, ^^ith a granular appearance, 

 clothed scantily \\\i\\ hoary white erect haii-s, chiefly on the pos- 

 terior portion of the thorax, the node of the pedicel and abdomen; 

 on the node of the pedicel they form a fringe radiating outwards 

 in a circle ; underneath this is a denser but still widelv spaced 

 covering of very short yellowish-VAhite hairs all over the head, 

 thorax and abdomen. Head somewhat square, a little broader 

 posteriorly than in front ; mandibles with 5 teeth ; clypeus tecti- 

 form, with a \ery shortly produced median lobe. Thorax rather 

 broad, pronotum depressed, rounded in front, metanotum truncate 

 posteriorly ; legs comparatively long, the tibiae prism-shaped. 

 Node of pedicel cuneiform, broadly oval ; abdomen broad, slightly 

 depressed and massive. 



Length., ^ min. 5*5 mm. 



Hah. AV^estexMi India, Kanara (Wroughton). 



This species is very closely allied to C. carhonai'ius. Latr.. which 

 is unknown to me, but the description of which is quoted bv 

 M. Forel. 



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