136 FOBMICIDJE. 



156. Cremastogaster walsM, Ford, Rev. Suisse Zool. x (1902), 



p. 205, g . 



. Dark piceous, smooth and shining, the basal portion of the 

 mt,tauotum longitudinally striate ; pilosity fairly abundant, fine 

 and pale yellowish in colour. Head rectangular, slightly longer 

 than broad; the occiput transverse ; mandibles longitudinally 

 striate ; clypeus slightly convex in the middle, the anterior margin 

 transverse ; antennae short and thick, the scape not extending to 

 the posterior margin of the head, the flagellum gradually thickened 

 to the apex, the club formed of the apical three joints, but some- 

 what indistinct ; eyes large and flat, a little closer to the top than 

 to the anterior margin of the head. Thorax raised in front and 

 a little compressed, pro-mesonotal suture obsolete, the pro- and 

 mesonotum in profile forming a single unbroken curve ; meso- 

 metanotal suture deep ; the basal portion of the rnetanotum short, 

 a little convex ; metanotal spines very short, triangular, not 

 divergent. Pedicel : 1st joint slightly broadened, flat anteriorly 

 and narrowed posteriorly; 2nd joint with a rounded, slightly 

 raised node, divided longitudinally by a broad groove ; abdomen 

 short and broad. 



Length, $ 3-3' 5 mm. 



Hob. Orissa(TFa?s7t); Sikhim (Moller). 



157. Cremastogaster aberrans, Forel, Ann. Soc. Ent. Bely. xxxvi 



(1892), p. 531, . 

 Myrmica diffusa ?, Jerdon, Mad. Jour. L. S. xvii (1851), p. 113. 



. Honey-yellow or light reddish yellow, the abdomen brownish 

 posteriorly, and in the dried specimens in certain lights iridescent ; 

 pilosity and pubescence extremely sparse and scattered, almost 

 wanting ; head, thorax and abdomen smooth and shining, with a 

 few extremely minute punctures, chiefly on the abdomen. Head 

 seen from the front circular, very convex ; mandibles and cheeks 

 minutely longitudinally striate ; clypeus proportionately large and 

 broad ; antennae moderately thick and Jong ; the scape reaching 

 slightly beyond the top of the head, the club of the flagellum of 

 3 joints not well defined, but the apical joint remarkably thick : 

 eyes lateral, placed closer to the top than to the anterior margin 

 of the head. Thorax somewhat short ; the pro- and mesonotum 

 massive, from above seeming to form three rounded slight 

 eminences ; pro-mesonotal suture slight ; ineso-metanotal suture 

 well-marked ; basal portion of rnetanotum very short, transverse ; 

 metanotal spines short and acute, thick at base. Pedicel short : 

 the 1st joint thick, flattened above at the base, but not very wide ; 

 2nd joint with a rounded small low tubercle at base and a trans- 

 verse rounded, little raised and undivided node posterior to it ; 

 abdomen broad, subcordate. 



$ . Eesembles the ,but is of a light uniform chestnut all over, 

 very smooth, highly polished and shining. Head : the occiput 

 high, rounded, narrower than the anterior margin which is abruptly 



