.LIOPONERA. . 27 



$ a little larger, but almost exactly similar to the ; head 

 comparatively a little broader. Basal joint of the posterior tarsi 

 very long, as long as the tibia?. Ocelli present. 



c? . Eesembles the . Mandibles triangular, broad. Eyes 

 comparatively small, scape of the antennae comparatively long. 

 Antennal carina? as in the , small frontal carina? between the 

 eyes and the antennal hollows. Head more or less square and 

 somewhat rounded, slightly constricted posteriorly. Pronotum 

 extending a little on the upper side of the thorax to the meso- 

 notum, with no converging furrows. The basal portion of the 

 metanotum bordered by a carina as in the . Node of the 

 pedicel roundly cubical. First segment of the abdomen extremely 

 narrow and deeply constricted, giving even more than in the 

 the appearance of forming a second node to the pedicel. 



Key to tlie Species. 



a* Length 4 mm. ; head half as long again as 



broad L. lotif/itarsus, p. 27. 



b. Length under 3 mm. ; head twice as long 



as broad L. parva, p. 27. 



30. Lioponera longitarsus, Mayr, Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, xxviii 



(1878), p. 667, $ ; Ford, Jour. Bomb. N. H. Soc. xiii (1900), 

 p. 329, rf $ . 



. Head and abdomen black, shining ; antenna?, mandibles, 

 thorax, pedicel and legs red. Head, thorax and abdomen above 

 with scattered minute punctures and sparse, very short, erect black 

 hairs. Antenna? with the subapical joint of the flagellum longer 

 than broad, the apical joint more than twice as long as broad. 

 For the rest the characters of the genus. 



$ . Similar to the , larger. Colour as in the . 



<5 . The characters of the genus. Colour as in the . Wings 

 subhyaline, nervures very pale, stigma brown. Pygidium without 

 point. Hypopygium with a narrow, deep, angular emargination. 



Length, $ 4 ; $ 4 ; tf 3'5 mm. 



Hob. Bengal (Eotlmey] ; Western India, Poona to Travancore 

 (Wroughton). 



31. Lioponera parva, Ford, Jour. Bomb. -N. H. Soc. xiii (1900), 



p. 330, tf. 



. Closely resembles L. longitarsus, but is smaller, with a 

 proportionately longer and narrower head, the apical three joints 

 of the flagellum of the antennae proportionately thicker, and the 

 basal segment of the abdomen larger. Head, thorax and basal 

 abdominal segment brownish red ; rest of abdomen blackish : 

 mandibles, antenna? and legs testaceous. 



<$ . Similar to the $ in colour, smooth and shining. 



Lenr/tJi, 2'5 ; tf 2'5-3 mm. 



Hah. Dehra Dun (Smytliies) ; Bengal (Itothney) ; Madras ; 

 Western India ( Wronyhton). 



