372 roiiMiciD.Ti:. 



435. Camponotus yerburyi, Forel 



Camponotus reticulatus, Itoqer, race verburvi, Forel. Jour. Bomb. 

 N. H. Soc. vii (18'J3), p. 431, ^ . " 



^ maj. Dull black, rather coarsely but sparsely punctured and 

 covered with short stiff white hairs ; mandibles, antennae and legs 

 reddish brown, posterior margins of the abdominal segments 

 broadly transparent \\hite. Head seen from in front rectangular, 

 as broad in front as posteriorly ; mandibles short, with teeth ; 

 clypeus indistinctly carinate down the middle, median lobe slightly 

 produced, eraarginate anteriorly. Thorax comparatively very 

 broad across the pro- and mesonotum and basal half of metanotum ; 

 apical half of metanotum obliquely truncate ; legs short and stout, 

 tibiae cylindrical. Node of pedicel laminate, broad, flatter in front 

 than posteriorly ; abdomen short and broad. 



^ min. Similar ; head smaller, more oval, narrowed posteriorly; 

 mandibles, antennae, legs and abdomen reddish brown. 



Length, ^ maj. 5-5-5 ; ^ min. 4-4*5 mm. 



Hah. Ceylon {Yerhury). 



436. Camponotus reticulatus, Roger, Berl. ent. Zeit. vii (1863), 



p. 139. ^ ; Forel. Juur. Bomb. N. H. Soc. vii (1892), p. 224, ^ . 



^ maj. Brownish red, opaque and granulate, studded sparsely 

 Mith short, erect, white hairs, tlie abdomen with transverse w hite 

 semi-transparent bands at the junctions of the segments. Head 

 longer than broad, as broad in front as posteriorly, the occipital 

 angles not prominent, rounded, but the occiput transverse ; man- 

 dibles with 5 teeth ; clypeus narrow, slightly convex, not carinate, 

 and with no distinct lobe. Thorax broad ; the pro- aiid mesonotum 

 large, the basal half of the metanotum slightly fiat and depressed, 

 its sides finely longitudinally striate, apical half obliquely truncate; 

 legs stout, tibise cylindrical. Node of pedicel thick, transverse 

 above, convex posteriorly ; abdomen elongate, massive. 



g min. Similar, more slender ; head smaller and more oval ; 

 clypeus tectiform. Node of pedicel not so thick. 



Le)i[/th, ^ maj. 6 ; ^ min. 4 mm. 



Hab. Ceylon ( Yerhury). M. Forel has separated a variety under 

 the name C. reticulatus var. latitans. 



437. Camponotus wroughtoni, Forel, Jour. Bomb. N. H. Soc. vii 

 (1893), p. 430, ^. 



^ maj. Dark castaneous brown ; legs slightly lighter in colour, 

 posterior margins of the abdominal segments testaceous ; head, 

 thorax and abdomen glabrous, shining. Head almost square, 

 as broad at the articulation of the mandibles as across occiput ; 

 mandibles short and broad, teeth almost obsolete ; clypeus with a 

 very distinct medial vertical carina, median lobe slightly produced, 

 rounded in front. Thorax short and comparatively broad ; legs 



