150 FOBMICID^E. 



short and regularly spaced on the head, somewhat long and soft 

 on the abdomen posteriorly. Head more rounded at the sides 

 posteriorly, somewhat narrower than in S. fece, its posterior 

 border semicircularJy emarginate ; mandibles about halt' the length 

 of the head, strongly arched outwards ; clypeus triangular, with a 

 medial impression ; front more convex than in >S'. godeffroyi. 

 Thorax, pedicel and abdomen with the characters of the genus ; 

 the rnetanotum posteriorly without spines, but subdentiform. 



Fig. 60. Strumiyeni/s smythicsi, . f. Head from front. 



$ . " Pronotum with the anterior lateral angles prominent. 

 Mesonotum smooth, raised. Wings pubescent, subhyaline. For 

 the rest absolutely identical with the and with the same sparse 

 pilosity. The very long hairs (there are at times some on the legs) 

 are truly plentiful, and have the appearance of clavate threads of a 

 mycelium." (Forel.) 



Length. $ 2'3 ; $ 2-6 mm. 



Hob. Eecorded so far only from Assam (Smy tides). 



Genus CAREBARA. 

 Carebara, Westw. A. M. N. H. vi, 1841, p. 86, $ . 



Type, C. lignata, "Westwood. 



Range. Ethiopian and Indo-Malayan regions. 



. Head with the mandibles more or less oval, broader 

 however posteriorly than in front, the occiput rounded ; mandibles 

 narrow, subtriangular, the masticatory margin very oblique and 

 strongly dentate ; clypeus convex, anteriorly rounded ; antennal 

 carinae very short, clypeal and antennal hollows indistinctly 

 confluent ; antennae 9-jointed. the club of the flagellum formed of 

 the apical two joints, which are compressed and flattened above ; 

 eyes and ocelli entirely absent. Thorax broader anteriorly than 

 posteriorly, unarmed ; pro-mesonotal suture obsolete, meso-meta- 

 notal suture distinct ; legs moderately long. Pedicel : the 1st 

 node rounded above, shortly petiolate in f ront ; 2nd node 

 transverse ; abdomen oval. 



$ . Head without the mandibles inversely trapezoidal, much 

 broader across the occiput, which is transverse, than in front, 



