FOBMICLD^E. 



Hab. Western India : Thana (Gleadow}, Poona, Kanara 

 ( Wroughton) ; Sikhim (Moller) ; Tenasserira (Hodgson). 



The specimens from Sikhim and Teuasserim are darker, almost 

 black, the base of the abdomen being always reddish brown. The 

 1st joint of the pedicel a little longer than broad. This is var. 

 cor ax, Forel. 



152. Cremastogaster soror, For el, Rev. Suisse Zool. x (1902), p. 200, $ . 



. Resembles C. ebenina, Forel, but is of an ebon blackness 

 and smaller, the mandibles, the extreme apex of the antennae and 

 the apical two or three joints of the tarsi brownish ; pilosity 

 apparently entirely wanting ; head, thorax and abdomen smooth, 

 polished, shining, some vague striae on the cheeks ; the abdomen 

 anteriorly punctured, subopaque. Head somewhat rounded, not 

 square, as broad as long, the occiput rounded, the cheeks strongly 

 convex ; mandibles smooth and shining, punctured towards the 

 apex ; clypeus convex in the middle, transverse anteriorly ; antenna? 

 short, the scape barely extending to the top of the head ; the club 

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

 eyes lateral, placed very nearly in the middle of the sides of the 

 head. Thorax comparatively broader than in C. ebenina and not so 

 high, the prouotum shorter, and the mesonotum larger and longer, 

 the rest of the thorax as in C. ebenina. Pedicel : the 1st joint very 

 broad, as broad in front as long, constricted a little posteriorly ; 

 2nd joint with a medial longitudinal groove above ; abdomen short, 

 broadly cordate. 



5 . " Entirely different from C. ebenina ( $ ). Of a dull brownish 

 yellow. Wings hyaline. A strong erect pubescence covers the 

 whole insect. The head is even less truncate in front than it is 

 in C. aberrans, to which it bears a resemblance ; it is elongate, 

 constricted behind the eyes, longer than broad. Apart from this 

 it is identical with C. aberrans and has the metanotum unarmed. 

 But the antenna? and legs are much more slender than in C. aber- 

 rans ; the joints 2-6 of the flagellum of the antennae twice as long 

 as thick (they are much shorter in C. aberrans)." (Forel.} 



Length, % *3'5 to nearly 4; $ 4-3 mm. 



Hab. Western India, Poona ( Wrouglitori) ; Bombay (Botlmey) ; 

 Upper Burma, Northern Shan States, 2000 ft. (BingJiam). 



153. Cremastogaster travancorensis, Fore/, Rev. Suisse Zool. x 

 (1902), p. 200, . 



" . Of a uniform black, slightly brownish. Cheeks and 

 antennal hollows stria te. Pro-ruesonotal suture lightly impressed. 

 Metanotal spines slender, a little longer than the basal face of the 

 metanotum. The body, legs, and scape of the antennae covered 

 with a fine yellowish pilosity, erect, and somewhat abundant. 

 Pedicel very neai'lv the same as in C. ebenina. 



" Length, $ 3-3-5 mm." (Forel.) 



Hab. Travancore (Ingleby). 



