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147. Cremastogaster politula, Forel. 



Cremastogaster subnuda, Mayi; race politula, Forel, Rev. Suisse 

 Zool.x (1902), p. 207, . 



. Light chestnut-red, the flagellum of the antennae, the 

 thorax, legs and pedicel of a lighter shade, approaching yellowish, 

 the abdomen in some specimens slightly brownish posteriorly; 

 pilosity sparse, consisting of a few scattered pale hairs ; head, 

 thorax and abdomen smooth and shining, very minutely but 

 sparsely punctured, nowhere striate or rugulose. Head a very 

 little longer than broad, the cheeks convex ; mandibles punctured; 

 clypeus broad and low, the medial portion convex, its anterior 

 margin arched, the sides anteriorly widely emarginate; antennae 

 long and moderately thick, the scape long, extending beyond the 

 top of the head by about one-fifth of its own length, the club of 

 the flagellum very distinct, formed of the apical three joints ; eyes 

 lateral, placed at an equal distance from the top of the head and 

 the base of the mandibles. Thorax : the pronotum broad, flat 

 above, rounded in front, laterally somewhat angular ; pro-mesonotal 

 suture obsolete ; meso-metauotal suture well marked ; narrow 

 basal portion of metanotum passing by a gentle curve into the 

 apical portion ; metanotal spines thick at base, very short and 

 acute, pointing obliquely outwards and upwards. Pedicel : the 

 1st joint flat above, much broadened, subtriangular, with the base 

 rounded, the sides converging to the apex ; 2nd joint with a very- 

 short, slightly swollen petiole in front, posteriorly longitudinally 

 grooved and formed above into two equal rounded tubercles ; 

 abdomen moderately broad and cordate. 



Length, % 3-3'3 mm. 



Hob. Assam (Smyihies) ; Tipper Burma, Myitkyina, and Bhamo 

 (Bingham). 



143. Cremastogaster hodgsoni, Forel, Rev. Suisse Zool. x (1902). 

 p. 204, . 



. Head, thorax and pedicel dark reddish brown, mandibles, 

 antenme and legs slightly lighter in colour, abdomen dark brown ; 

 pilosity almost entirely wanting, completely absent on the scape 

 of the antennas and tibise of the legs, which, however, have a 

 minute pubescence, visible only in certain lights ; head smooth, 

 only slightly shining, rather dull, but not opaque, a few obsolete 

 strio3 on the cheeks, the clypeus, and above the antennal hollows. 

 Thorax : the pronotum reticulate, the mesonotum and basal portion 

 of the metanotum longitudinally striate, rugulose ; pedicel and 

 abdomen smooth but dull, very minutely reticulate, and in certain 

 lights slightly shining. Head without the mandibles square, in 

 some transverse, in some slightly emarginate posteriorly; eyes 

 slightly elongate ; mandibles longitudinally striate and with a few 

 scattered punctures ; clypeus convex in the middle, the anterior 

 margin transverse, slightly turned inwards ; antennae comparatively 

 long, the scape reaching a little beyond the top of the head, club 



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