MONOMORIUM. ^05 



235. Monomorium fossulatum, Emeru, Ann. MM. Civ. Gen xxxiv 



(1894), p. 465, $$. 



g. Pale dull yellowish brown, antennae and legs much paler; 

 the head very minutely rugulose, in strong light subopaque, thorax 

 and abdomen shining ; pilosity very pale, rather long, sparse and 

 most plentiful on the abdomen. Head rectangular, about twice as 

 long as broad, convex in front, the occiput transverse ; mandibles 

 narrow and much arched, the masticatory margin oblique, armed 

 with 4 teeth ; clypeus slightly convex, bicarinate, but the anterior 

 margin transverse, the carinae not projecting ; antenna? short, the 

 club thick, formed of the apical 3 joints, the last long and 

 pointed at apex. Thorax : the prouotum and mesonotum together 

 rounded, convex, the meso-metaiiotal suture deeply impressed ; 

 the basal portion of the rnetanotum longitudinally* sulcate, the 

 posterior lateral angles slightly dentate ; legs moderately long and 

 stout. Pedicel : the 1st node petiolate in front, viewed in profile 

 subtriangular, the upper margin transverse, rounded, the front 

 slightly curved inwards ; 2nd node broader than long, rounded 

 above; abdomen convex, longer than broad anteriorly, slightly 

 emarginate. 



$ . Head, thorax, pedicel and abdomen reddish brown : man- 

 dibles, antennae, legs and the articulations of the abdominal 

 segments dull yellowish ; pilosity as in the $ ; head in front 

 opaque, finely and very closely punctate-rugose, posteriorly the 

 punctures more distant ; thorax more sparsely punctured, shining. 

 Abdomen : the basal segment with large foveolate punctures, 

 posteriorly shining. Head from the front shield-shaped, longer 

 than broad, the occiput truncate or slightly emarginate; mandibles 

 broader than in the , the eyes larger. Thorax : the prouotum 

 vertical, not forming part of the dorsum ; the mesonotum long, 

 strongly convex and raised, almost gibbous ; the metanotum 

 depressed posteriorly, acute at the lateral angles, but not dentate. 

 Pedicel with the nodes transverse, subequal, the 2nd a trifle broader 

 than the 1st ; abdomen elongate, as long as the head and thorax 

 united. 



Length, $ 1-5 ; $ 2'5 mm. 



Hab. Lower Burma, Eangoon (Fea). 



230. Monomorium indicum, ford. 



Monomorium salomonis, Linn.) race iiidicuni, Ford, Ifev. fiuissr 

 Zool. x (1902), p. 2W. 



. Head, thorax and pedicel ferruginous red, the legs and in 

 many specimens the head also verging to brown ; abdomen dark 

 brown or black ; head, thorax and abdomen rugnlose, opaque, the 

 head and thorax anteriorly in certain lights appearing densely and 

 extremely h'nely longitudinally striate ; abdomen minutely reticu- 

 late ; in some specimens the 2nd and following segments are 

 smooth, polished and shining; pilosity entirely wanting, llead 

 broad, almost as broad as long, broader anteriorly than posteriorly, 



