216 FOEMICIDJE. 



mandibles subtriangular, the masticatory margin armed with 5 

 small teeth ; clypeus with the medial portion slightly convex, 

 rounded posteriorly, anterior margin transverse ; antennae rather 

 short, the scape curved near the base, not reaching the top of the 

 head ; eyes lateral, situated about the middle of the head. Thorax 

 anteriorly rounded and convex, the basal portion of the meta- 

 notum rectangular, rounded above, truncate posteriorly, unarmed, 

 but with half-obsolete lateral tubercles. Pedicel : the 1st node 

 cuneiform, petiolate anteriorly, obtuse, rather transverse above; 

 2nd node convex above, about as broad as long ; abdomen oval, 

 slightly transverse anteriorly. 



Length, $ 4 mm. 



Hab. Recorded from Dharmsala (Sage). 



250. Leptothorax taylori, Forel, Rev. Suisse Zool. x (1902), p. 228. 



$ . Entirely of a pale ochraceous yellow, the teeth of the 

 mandibles only bright brown, the abdomen slightly shaded with 

 fuscous ; head, thorax and pedicel somewhat coarsely reticulate- 

 striate, base of the abdomen finely longitudinally striate ; rest of 

 the abdomen and the legs smooth and shining ; pilosity sparse, 

 rather setiform, obtuse at apex, short; tibiae and the antenna with 

 oblique, almost recumbent pubescence. Head without the man- 

 dibles rectangular, very little longer than broad, the occiput 

 transverse ; mandibles triangular, smooth and shining, slightly 

 pubescent ; clypeus anteriorly transverse, the medial portion 

 slightly convex, posteriorly rounded; antenna somewhat short, 

 the scape not reaching the top of the head. Thorax rather 

 depressed, only slightly convex above, in profile widely emarginate 

 at the meso-metanotal suture which is very distinct ; metanotal 

 spines slender, obtuse at apex, oblique or suberect. Pedicel : the 

 1st node cubical, anterior face curved inwards, with a long petiole ; 

 2nd node from above subquadrate, the angles rounded ; abdomen 

 oval, very convex above. 



Length, $ 5 mm. 



Hab. Eecorded so far only from Bengal (Rotlmey $ Taylor}. 



251. Leptothorax fultoni, Forel, Rev. Suisse Zool. x (1902), p. 229. 



. Chestnut-brown, the head slightly darker than the thorax, 

 the abdomen dark brown ; head, thorax and abdomen shining, 

 head with a few rather widely-parted longitudinal stria3 ; thorax 

 punctured and a little rugose, more so towards and on the 

 metathorax, pedicel with the nodes subopaque: abdomen highly 

 polished, smooth and shining ; pilosity pale, very sparse and 

 scattered. Head widely oval, as broad in front as posteriorly, 

 the sides convex ; mandibles slightly shining, niinutelv punctured 

 and pruinose; clypeus convex, its posterior margin slightly 

 arched ; antennae moderately long, the scape extending to lie 



