402 FOiiMiciD.i^:. 



" ci . No trace of teeth oi* spines. Metanotuni rounded, the 

 apical face much longer than the basal portion. Pedicel \\ itli a 

 node broader than long. Finely reticulate-punctate and opaque or 

 subopaque ; abdomeu finely reticulate and slightly shining. 

 Pilosity almost entirely wanting. Pubescence fine, greyish, some- 

 what abundant all over -without at the same time forming a 

 distinct pile. Brownish black ; the mouth-parts, apex of the 

 antenuaN genital valves, trochanters, the joints, and sometimes the 

 tibiae and tarsi, reddish yellow." (Forel.) 



Length, ^ 4--1-5 ; $"4-a-4-7; J 5 mm. 



Hah. Kanara (Wrovr/hton). 



479. Polyrliacliis Isevissinia, Smitii, Cat. vi (1858), p. (i4, g , pi. 4, tig. 

 42: Fvrel, Jour. B<imb. N. H. .SV. viii (1893), pp. 21 & 30, ^. 

 Polyrhachi^ globuliivia, Maip-, Tijds. v. Enf. x (1867). p. 41, ^ . 



g . Black, the femora and tibia? of the anterior, and the co\;e, 

 femora and til)ia^ of the intermediate and posterior legs blood-red. 



The whole insect smooth, 

 highly polished and shining, 

 almost without pubescence : a 

 few short, pale, erect hairs on 

 the face anteriorly and on the 

 apex of the abdomen. Head 

 subtriaugular, much wider 

 posteriorly than in front ; 

 clypeus convex, its anterior 

 T\g. 137.— I'"!i/rl/(ichif< h(vi.-shiui, ^. margin indistinctly slightly 

 Tliorax. emarginate in the middle : 



antennal cariiia; moderately wide apart, with a short longitudinal 

 carina between them. Thorax viewed from the side very sti'ougly 

 arched, gibbous ; lateral angles of the pronotum w ith a short tooth 

 pointing outwards : ])ro-mesonotal suture distinct, meso-metanotal 

 suture barely indicated ; basal portion of metanotum passing into 

 the apical portion \\ith a smooth regular slope ; legs moderately 

 long, the tibia3 m ith extremely minute widely-spaced spines. Node 

 of pedicel biconvex, with a moderately acute tooth at the upper 

 lateral angles, between -which the upper margin is strongly arched 

 and emarginate in the middle ; abdomen globose. 



2 . Identical witli the g except in being larger and in the 

 ordinary sexual difference between 5 and ^. Mesonotum gibbous 

 in front, pronotum depressed, vertical. Wings dark brownish and 

 subhyaline. 



cJ . Similar to the $, smaller ; thorax shorter, proportionately 

 deeper ; mesonotum remarkably gibbous in front, head and abdo- 

 men very nuich smaller ; wings as in the 2 t)ut a shade lighter in 

 colour. 



Lenf/th, '^ 6-7 : $ 8-5 ; J 6 mm. 



Hah. Bengal {llothnen) ; Orissa {Taylor); Assam (Long); 

 Burma: Tenasserim (Bingham): Siam and down to Java. 



