102 FOBMICIDJE. 



rnesonotum, its basal and apical truncate portions about equal. 

 Node of the pedicel flat in front and posteriorly, rounded above ; 

 abdomen rather massive. 



$ . Similar to the $ but larger ; antennae thicker, the scape 

 proportionately shorter ; eyes much larger, ocelli present. Thorax 

 and abdomen more massive. 



Fig. 53. Brackyponera lutcipcs, 



" 6 Of a dusky testaceous yellow. Wings long, lightly 

 yellow, nen r ures and stigma of a brownish }'ellow. Rather 

 smooth, subopaque, feebly pubescent ; flagellum of the antennae 

 brown." (Forel.) 



LengtJi, $ 3-5-4 ; $ 4-5 ; <f 4 mm. 



Nab. Throughout India, Burma, and Ceylon, extending to the 

 Malay peninsula. 



123. Brachyponera jerdoni, Forel (Ponera), Jour. Bomb. N. H. Soc. 



xiii (1900), pp. 324 & 327, . 



$ . Closely resembling B. luteipes, Mayr, but distinctly smaller 

 and slighter, with the mandibles, antennas and legs of a lighter 

 colour than in that species. Thorax with the pronotum more 

 rounded (in B. luteipes the anterior lateral angles of the pronotum 

 are very distinct), and the head shorter, more square, the eyes 

 very much smaller, and the whole insect more smooth and shining. 



Lengih, 3-3'5 mm. 



Hub. Recorded from Bengal (Roihney), Western (Wrough-ton) 

 and Southern India (Roihney), and Assam (Smythies). 



124. Brachyponera nigrita, Emery, Ann. Mm. Civ. Gen. xxxiv (1894), 



p. 459, $; Forel (Ponera), Jour. Bomb. N. H. Soc. xiii (1900), 

 pp. 324 & 326, . 



. Resembles B. luteipes, Mayr, but is larger and more slen- 

 derly made. Black and shining, the mandibles, flagellum of the 

 antennae and legs reddish brown. Head without the mandibles 

 nearly square, as broad posteriorly as in front, the cheeks viewed 

 from the front not much arched, nearly straight ; mandibles 

 slightly broader than in B. luteipes, finely punctured; antennae 

 longer, more massive ; eyes very much larger, placed higher up on 

 the sides of the head. Thorax anteriorly broad, the pronotum 

 strongly convex, the mesonotum raised and very gibbous, the 

 basal portion of the metanotum depressed, longer than the obliquely 

 truncate apical portion. Node of the pedicel as high as the base 



