100 Lieut. -Col. Sykes's Descriptions 



2?-nodosa, abdomine fuscanti. Caput parvum ; oculis nigris ; 

 antennis extrorsum increscentibus. Mandibulpe sublatfe intus 4- 

 dentatse. Labrum superius membranaceum, ciliatum. Thorax 

 subquadratus, elevatus, postice spina brevi acuta utrinque ar- 

 matus. Abdomen antice latum, postice acutissimum, piceum. 



(J magnitudine prsccedenti sequalis at pallidior et alata. Caput 

 parvum, tribus stemmatis ornatum. Thorax niger et inflatus. 

 Squama petiolaris brevissima. Abdomen parvum. Alse corpore 

 longiores. 



Long. corp. -rV unc. 



Habitat in India Orientali circa Poona. 



Mus. Dom. Sykes. 



Neuter: Wingless, ferruginous. ^6(/o?ne« of a darker colour, ap- 

 proaching to mahogany. Head half the size of the abdomen. 

 Eyes two, large, black, consisting of a multitude of lenses : no 

 false eyes. Mouth armed with two strong jaws, somewhat 

 broad, nearly square at their ends, and each furnished with four 

 minute teeth. No palpi discoverable with the highest power of 

 a double French microscope. Upper lip membranaceous, fringed 

 with a few hairs. Antennce forming an elbow ; lower joint the 

 longest; upper joints setaceous, butobscurely club-shaped. Tho- 

 rax of two segments, somewhat square, armed with a short, sharp- 

 pointed brown spine on each side posteriorly. The insect when 

 irritated carries the abdomen turned up and overshadowing the 

 thorax, and the petiole lies as in a groove between these spines. 

 Petiole of two joints or nodes. Abdomen broad at the petiole, 

 terminating in a very sharp point, armed with a minute sting. 



Length of insect xVths of an inch. 



Male, size of neuter : winged. Head small ; jaws smaller than in 

 neuter; ^/iorftcT larger, and inflated. No lateral spines. Petiole 

 very short. Abdomen smaller than in neuter. Wings a little 

 longer than the whole insect. Antenna setaceous ; lower joint 

 shorter than the remainder. Head with three stemmata or false 

 eyes. Insect of lighter colour than the neuter. 



Queen : wingless, about half an inch long, of the size of a crow- 

 quill, white, the swollen abdomen having the appearance of five 

 or six ligatures like the queen of the white ants. Head small. 

 Legs little more than rudiments. The whole insect has the ap- 

 pearance of a diminutive queen of white ants. 



Eggs very minute, white, oblong, nearly transparent, having a 

 longitudinal brown streak, which corresponds to the thorax of 

 the future insect. The la7~V(S as they increase in bulk would 



