34 FOBMICID.E. 



$ . Entirely castaneous red, shining, rather sparsely and closely 

 punctured, the punctures most dense on the metanotum and 

 pedicel, and very scattered and indistinct on the abdomen. 

 Pilosity long, fairly dense, yellowish red in colour, longest and 

 thickest towards the apex of the abdomen. Head without the 

 mandibles nearly square, the posterior lateral angles rounded, 

 almost subtruncate ; mandibles punctured, the tips crossed, 

 leaving a large triangular space between them and the margin of 

 the clypeus ; antennal cariuae ending in a bulging laminate plate 

 covering the base of the antennae ; these laminae, the lower part of 

 the face on either side of them, and the posterior lateral margins 

 of the head coarsely striate. Thorax : the pronotum broader than 

 long, rounded in front, transverse posteriorly ; mesonotum trans- 

 verse, meso-metanota) suture crenulate ; basal horizontal portion 



Fig. 24.Mi/opopone castanea, 



of metanotum only slightly longer than the obliquely sloping 

 apical portion, the latter finely transversely striate ; legs more or 

 less densely pubescent, especially the tarsi, which are thickly 

 clothed with rather long golden-red hair. Pedicel above nearly 

 square, slightly broader than long ; abdomen with the 1st and 2nd 

 segments subequal in length, but the latter broader than the 

 former, and both broader than they are long. 



. " Occiput longitudinally striate, the pronotum level, with 

 the mesonotum forming part of the back. The mesonotum 

 anteriorly with two convergent and posteriorly with a single 

 medial furrow, as in the males of certain species. Wings shaded 

 with reddish brown. The rest as in the ." (Forel.) 



Length, 9-11 mm. (including mandibles) ; mandibles 2 mm. 

 $ 14 mm. 



Hob. The Indo-Malayan region, and within our limits this ant 

 has been recorded from Ceylon (apud Roger), the Xicobars (Roger), 

 Burma and Tenasserim (Binyham). 



39. Myopopone moelleri, S p. nov. 



$ . Jet-black and shining, the mandibles, the antennae, and the 

 apex of the laminae of the antennal carinre dark reddish brown ; the 



