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truncate ; the mandibles folding close into the head ; the clypeus 

 remarkably large and broad, its anterior margin transverse ; 

 antenna? somewhat slender ; the flagellum gradually thickened to 

 the apex, without any distinct club, the last joint the longest ; 

 eyes placed about the middle on the sides of the head. Thorax : 

 the pronotum entirely depressed beneath the large convex meso- 

 notum which overhangs it anteriorly ; metanotum oblique, entirely 

 unarmed ; the thorax declivous but rounded posteriorly. Pedicel 

 short, the 1st joint thick, a little broadened and concave anteriorly ; 

 2nd joint with a narrow transverse undivided, somewhat squarni- 

 form node, very narrow, longitudinally rounded above ; abdomen 

 larger than in the $ , subcordate. Wings hyaline, the usual radial, 

 one cubital and one discoidal cell almost obsolete, merely indicated 

 by transparent nervures. 



d . Similar to the $ , smaller, the head much smaller, the eyes 

 and ocelli large ; mandibles narrow and pointed at apex ; antennae 

 filiform, with the scape very short. Thorax and pedicel smaller, 

 but similar to those of the $ ; abdomen short, broad, cordate ; the 

 external genital valves broad and curved. 



LengtJi, $ 2-5-3 ; $ 4 ; c? 3 mm. 



Hob. Western India : Thana (Gleadow); Kanara (Pallher). 



Var. inglebyi, Forel, from Tra van core, differs in not having the 

 head so truncate anteriorly and the antenna? proportionately 

 longer ; the scape extends beyond the top of the head. 



158. Cremastogaster ransonneti, Mayr, Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, 

 xviii (1868), p. 287, . 



. Head and abdomen dark chestnut-brown; thorax chestnut- 

 red, inclining to yellowish in some specimens ; head, thorax and 

 abdomen very smooth, polished and shining all over ; pilosity and 

 pubescence light yellowish, very sparse, almost wanting. Head 

 nearly square, slightly broader than long, the occiput transverse ; 

 eyes placed about the middle of the head ; mandibles punctured, 

 the masticatory margin oblique ; clypeus short and broad; antennae 

 slender, the scape extending a little beyond the top of the head, 

 the club of the flagellum formed of the apical three joints. Thorax 

 comparatively narrow ; the pronotum laterally bituberculate and 

 submarined ; pro-mesonotal suture indicated but not distinct ; 

 metanotum small, oblique; meso-metanotal suture distinct; meta- 

 notum depressed, with a broad, very shallow and slight but distinct 

 transverse groove at base ; metanotum cubical, basal portion flat, 

 substriate, with very long, acute, slightly divergent spines at the 

 posterior lateral angles, apical portion flat, vertical. Pedicel : the 

 broadened 1st joint slightly concave above, the sides subangular; 

 2nd joint with a very short but distinct neck or petiole in front, 

 posteriorly raised and rounded, and longitudinally grooved ; 

 abdomen broad and very cordate. 



Length, $ 4-4'5 mm. 



Hob. Sil<him (Binyham) ; Kanara ( Wrouyhtoii) : Ceylon (Yer- 

 bury <$ Green). 



