40 FOEMICID^E. 



b' . Pro meso- and ruetanotuin striate. 



a 2 . Thickness from front to back of node 



of pedicel at base equal to its height .. A . sedilloti, p. 42. 

 b-. Thickness from front to back of node 

 of pedicel at base much less than its 

 height. 

 a 3 . Scape of antennae extending up to 



posterior lateral angle of head .... A. taylori, p. 43. 

 b ! . Scape of antennae not reaching up to [p. 43. 



posterior lateral angle of head .... A.madaraszi, 

 c. Basal abdominal segment n'nety striate .... A. kanariensis, 

 B. Mandible with two apical teeth. [p. 44. 



a. Node of pedicel surmounted by an obtuse 



spine A. nietneri, p. 44. 



b. Node of pedicel not surmounted by a spine . A . princeps, p. 4-5. 



44. AnochetUS longifossatus, Mat/r, Termes. Filzetek, xx (1897), 



p. 425 ; Forel, Jour. Bomb. N. H. Soc. xiii (1900), p. 59. 



$ . Deep reddish yellow, antennae and legs a clearer brighter 

 yellow, abdomen brownish; head, thorax, and abdomen for the 

 most part smooth, shining, and highly polished, the front of the 

 head above the base of the antennae covered with fine close 

 longitudinal divergent stria?, the head anteriorly, the cheeks, a 

 broad space round the eyes, the sides of the head, the posterior 

 lateral lobes and occiput being entirely without striae or punctures ; 

 thorax vaguely punctured, the mesonotum above somewhat trans- 

 versely rugose ; pilosity yellowish, sparse, more dense on the 

 abdomen posteriorly ; pubescence comparatively dense on the head 

 and antennae, sparse on the rest of the body. Head rectangular, 

 somewhat widely and deeply emarginate posteriorly ; mandibles 

 highly polished, smooth and shining, the shafts broadening 

 anteriorly, the inner margin above the apical teeth denticulate ; 

 the divergent lateral hollows on the front are . long, somewhat 

 longer comparatively than in any other species. Thorax rounded 

 in front, the mesonotum broader than Jong, the basal portion 

 of the metanotum rectangular, somewhat, flat, with two short 

 subtriangular erect teeth obtuse at the apex. Node of pedicel 

 cuneiform, subdeutate above ; abdomen long, cylindrical. 



Length 4*5-5 mm. 



Hob. Ceylon. 



45. Anochetus myops, Emery, Rev. Sttisse, Zool i (1893), p. 201, 



pi. viii, figs. 11 & 12, . 



$ . Brownish yellow, shining, the disc of the 1st and 2nd 

 abdominal segments brown. Head very broad and short, very 

 widely emarginate posteriorly, the front striate, the rest of the 

 head minutely but sparsely punctured ; mandibles short, the 

 shaft broadening towards the apex, and furnished with three 

 rather long acute teeth ; clypeus small, emarginate in the middle 

 anteriorly ; antennal carinae somewhat wide apart, curved inwards ; 

 eyes very small. Thorax shining, punctured ; the metanotum 



