374 FORMiciD.i:. 



439, Camponotus holosericeus, Emcnj, Ann. Mu.t. Civ. Gen. xxvii 

 (1889), p. ol.-j, 5; Forel, Jour. Bomb. N. 11. Soc. vii (181)2), 

 p.l>24, ^. 



5 maj. Black, covered with a Une, silky, recumbent, shilling 

 j^ellowish pubescence mixed with a few erect white hairs. Head, 



thorax and abbomen very finely and 

 closely reticulate-punctate with super- 

 Hcially widely spaced shallow punc- 

 tures. Head ^'ery broad above and 

 massive, the lateral occipital angles 

 remarkably prominent and separated 

 Fig. lid.— Campo)io/ us liolo- from the middle portion of the occiput 

 sericeu^, ^ uiaj. Thorax. by shallow, rather wide sulcations ; 

 mandibles with G teeth ; clypeus 

 higher tlian broad, mediallj^ vertically carinate. median lobe very 

 little produced. Thorax elongate, narrow, emarginate at the 

 meso-metanotal suture, the gibbosity of the metanotum remarkably 

 prominent. ]S^ode of pedicel very thick, nearly square, convex on 

 both sides ; abdomen very broad and short. 



^ media et min. Much more slender, the head rounded pos- 

 teriorly ; the mandibles ^^•ith 5 or G teeth ; the node of the pedicel 

 in the intermediate form similar to that in the ^ maj. ; abdomen 

 longer, not so broad. In the ^ min. the legs are dull castaneous 

 red, and the node of the pedicel is globose. 



Length, ^ maj. 15 ; ^ media 12 ; ^ min. 9 mm. 

 Hab. Upper Burma, the Chin Hills {Watson); Tenasserim, 

 Haungdraw Valley (Fea ; Binr/hnm). 



440. Camponotus auriventris, Emenj, Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xxvii 

 (1889), p. 514, ^ ; Ford, Jour. Bomh. N. H. Soc. vii (1892), 

 p. 224, ? . 



^ maj. Black, opaque ; the head, thorax and node of the 

 pedicel closely and finely reticulate-punctate and superficially 

 ]]iarked \Aith more scattered widely spaced large punctures, re- 

 markably coarse, almost confluent on the metanotum and node of 

 pedicel ; abdomen with a dense shining golden pubescence hiding 

 the sculpture, pubescence on head and thorax very sparse and 

 erect. Head rather elongate, truncate at the occiput ; mandibles 

 Avith 7 teeth ; clypeus prominently carinate down tlie middle, 

 the median lobe very short. Thorax not so long proportionately 

 as in C. Iwhsericeus, but similar, with a gibbous metanotum. Node 

 of pedicel globose ; abdomen broad, subglobose. 



g min. Similar, the sides of the head parallel, the vertex very 

 high and rounded ; mandibles \\\t\\ G teeth. 



Length, g maj. 15; ^ min. 10-11 mm. 



Hah. Upper Burma, Byingyi, 5000 ft. (Biw/ham); Tenasserim, 

 Muleyit Mountain, 5000 ft. (Fea). 



