112 FORMICID.E. 



Hob. North Konkan ( Wroughton) Assam (Smythies) ; Burma, 

 Pegu Yoma (Allan) ; Ruby Mines (Bingham) ; Shan States 

 (Thompson) ; Tenasserim (Hodgson). 



130. Sima Mrmana, Forel, Rev. Suisse, Zool. x (1902), p. 245, $ . 



$ . Resembles S. binghami in sculpture and pubescence, but is 

 entirely black, with the antennae and tarsi castaneous brown, the 

 apex of the scape and the 1st joint of the flagellum reddish ; 

 pilosity and pubescence more sparse than in S. binghami. Head 

 rectangular, but very little longer than broad ; mandibles as in 

 S. binghami, but finely closely striate ; clypeus with the anterior 

 margin furnished with two teeth, the medial portion not project- 

 ing but subvertical, ciliated. Thorax: the pronotum laterally 

 margined ; the metanotum somewhat as in S. nigra, but with a 

 very short basal face. Pedicel : the nodes petiolate and longer 

 than in S. nigra ; abdomen proportionately narrower than in 

 S. nigra, but shorter than in S. binghami. 



$ . Eesembles the > but is longer and narrower, with a 

 slightly longer head. 



Length, $ 7-7'5 ; $ 9 mm. 



Hob. Sikhim (Holier) ; Burma, Pegu Yoma (Allan). 



It is with some hesitation that I identify with this species two 

 specimens of a Sima sent me by Mr. F. Moller from Darjiling, 

 and one procured on the Pegu Yoma. The type described by 

 Forel was a $ sent by me from Burma. 



131. Sima attenuata, Smith (Tetraponera), Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 



1877, p. 71, . 



Sima attenuata, Smith, var. lhagatensis, Forel, Rev. Suisse Zool. 

 x (1902), p. 249, . 



. Jet-black, smooth and shining ; the mandibles, scape and 

 basal three joints of the flagellum of the antennae reddish brown, 

 the apex of the antennae fuscous ; pilosity and pubescence sparse, 

 whitish in colour ; head, thorax and abdomen very minutely, and 

 on the head and thorax closely punctured, but not opaque. Head 

 nearly as broad as long, convex in front and slightly constricted 

 posteriorly, the cheeks convex ; mandibles comparatively broad ; 

 clypeus vertical, ciliated in front; antennal carinae highly raised, 

 somewhat long, parallel and close together; antennas stout, the 

 scape reaching to about two-thirds of the distance to the top 

 of the head ; eyes flat, placed somewhat to the front and about the 

 middle of the head. Thorax as in S. nigra, but the metanotum 

 not so compressed or raised. Pedicel very much longer than in 

 S. nigra, the 1st node narrower, with a petiole ill front about one- 

 fifth longer than the node, 2nd node a little broader than the 1st, 

 elongate conical ; abdomen as in S. nigra. 



Length, $ 7'5-8 mm. 



Hab. Burma, Maymyo, 3000 ft. (Smythies), Pegu Yoma (Allan) ; 

 Tenasserim (Fea), extending to the Malayan subregion. In Upper 



