208 FOHMIC1D.E. 



above; the 2nd node subglobose, broader than long, broader than 

 llie 1st. node; abdomen elongate, oval. 



Length, 1*5 mm. 



Hub. Eecorded from the Xorth-west Himalayas (Holers}; Bengal 

 ( Itothuei/) ; the Shan States, Burma (Binyham). 



24' >. Monomorium atomus, Ford, Rev. Suisse Zoo!. x(lfl02), p. 210. 



. Pale yellow, the legs a shade paler than the head and 

 thorax ; entirely smooth, polished and shining ; pilosily sparse, on 

 the scape of the antennae and tibiae of the legs oblique. Head a 

 little broader posteriorly than in front, the posterior border 

 slightly einarginate ; mandibles narrow, the masticatory margin 

 with 4 teeth, maxillary palpi 1-jointed ; clypeus slightly convex, 

 the carinae strongly convergent above, obtuse ; antenna? 1 1-jointed, 

 very short, the scape not nearly attaining the posterior margin of 

 the head ; eyes placed below the middle of the side of the head. 

 Thorax : the pro-mesonotum very convex, meso-metanotal suture 

 deeply impressed, the thorax constricted at the suture and in pro- 

 file emarginate above ; basal portion of inetanotum rectangular, a 

 very little longer than broad. Pedicel: the nodes from above 

 subequal, globose, the 1st node anteriorly petiolate ; abdomen 

 oval. 



$ . Very narrow. The two nodes of the pedicel thick and 

 rounded. The posterior portion of the pronotum forming part of 

 the dorsum. Mesonotum very narrow and elongate. Of a 

 reddish yellow. A brown mark round the ocelli, and a brownish 

 band on each abdominal segment. For the rest resembles 

 the $. 



Lenyth, $ not quite 1*5 ; $ 2-5 mm. 



Hub. Recorded from the North- west Himalayas (Sm>/thiea); 

 Bengal (Rothney $ Taylor)-, Western India, Poona (Wroityhton); 

 Assam (Smythies). 



Var. inteyrius, Forel $ , of which the $ is described above, 

 differs from the type in having the meso-metanotal suture le=s 

 deeply impressed. 



241. Monomorium sagei, Ford, Rev. Suuse Zoo/, x (1!K)2), p. 211. 



$ . Pale yellow, the sides of the abdominal segments indistinctly 

 brownish: some specimens are entirely yellow; head, thorax 

 (inetanotum excepted) and abdomen smooth and shining, the 

 inetanotum finely rugulose, opaque; pilosity whitish, somewhat 

 sparse, the scape of the antennae and the tibia? of the legs pubes- 

 cent. Head strongly convex in front, the sides straight, the 

 posterior margin widely emarginate and a little broader than the 

 head in front ; mandibles narrow ; clypeus convex, its anterior 

 margin slightly and widely arched ; antennas long and thick, the 

 scape reaching beyond the top of the head, the club of the 



