180 FOBMICID.E. 



truncate face of the metanotum. The 1st node of the pedicel has 

 anteriorly a long petiole . . . . ; the node itself is rounded and 

 plainly compressed, a little longer than broad ; 2nd node some- 

 what broader than the 1st node, pyriform, very little longer than 

 broad, constricted anteriorly. . . ." (Mayr.) 



Length, $ 3'3 mm. 



Hob. Ceylon, Kalewawa (Madardsz). 



207. Tetramorium curtulum, Emery, Ann. Mus. Civ. Ge>t. xxiv 



(1894), p. 471, $. 



$ . Head, thorax and pedicel reddish ferruginous, mandibles, 

 antennae and legs yellowish, abdomen yellowish brown shaded with 

 fuscous ; head, thorax and nodes of the pedicel closely and coarsely 

 punctured, granulate, opaque; abdomen smooth, polished and 

 shining ; pilosity pale, rather sparse and scattered. Head with 

 the mandibles viewed from the front shield-shaped, the occiput 

 transverse, the sides of the head convex but narrowing anteriorly ; 

 mandibles triangular, striate at base, the masticatory margin broad 

 and dentate ; clypeus slightly convex in the middle, its anterior 

 margin transverse ; antennal carinae short, slightly divergent, 

 continued up the head for about the length of the scape of the 

 antennae ; these latter short and somewhat thick, the 2nd to the 

 8th joint of the flagellum transverse, the club distinct ; eyes 

 lateral, rather small, placed closer to the anterior than to the 

 posterior margin of the head. Thorax broad and rounded ante- 

 riorly, narrowing posteriorly, the pro-, meso- and metauotum 

 forming one elongate convexity rounded from side to side ; the 

 metanotal spines short and acute ; legs short and stout, the 

 femora and tibiae incrassate in the middle. Pedicel short ; the 1st 

 node not petiolate, anteriorly longer than broad and longer than 

 the 2nd node ; the latter about as broad as long, both nodes about 

 equal in width ; abdomen elongate-oval. 



Length, 22*5 mm. 



Hob. Lower Burma, Palon (Fed) ; Pegu Toma (Allan). 



208. Tetramorium salvatum, Forel, Rev. Suisse Zool. x (1902), 



p. 235, $. 



" . Mandibles striate, armed with 7 teeth. Head as in 

 T. simillimum, but the sides more convex, very little constricted to 

 the front. The eyes larger and more convex. There is no antennal 

 furrow, only a finely-reticulate space by the side of the produced 

 antennal carinse for the reception of the scape. Pronotum not 

 angular; thorax convex, rather short, not margined, without 

 sutures or emargination. Metanotal spines as long as about two- 

 thirds of the space between them. Declivous face margined by a 

 carina ; no metasternal spinules. First joint of the pedicel 

 as in T. simillimum, but slightly more rounded. Second node 

 narrowed anteriorly, bi'oadened posteriorly, a little broader than 

 long, and a little broader than the 1st node. Abdomen convex. 



