PHIDOLE. 231 



above circular, strongly convex, much larger than the 1st node ; 

 abdomen oval, abundantly pilose as in the I/ . 



Length, "% 4-4-5 ; 2-5 mm. 



Hob. Eecorded so far only from Western India ( Wrouf/hton) 

 and Sikhini (MoUer). 



269. Phidole malinsi, Forel, Rev. Suisse Zool. x (1902), pp. 167 & 187, 

 I/ $ ; id. Jour. Bomb. N. H. Soc. xiv (1902), pp. 524 & 539. 



~y. . Dark castaneous brown ; the antennae, metanotum, legs and 

 1st node of the pedicel light reddish brown. Head, thorax and 

 abdomen covered abundantly with erect reddish hairs. Head a 

 little longer than broad, a little broader posteriorly than in front, 

 longitudinally striate posteriorly and on the prominent lateral 

 angles somewhat reticulate, depression on the vertex distinct; 

 mandibles shining, with scattered punctures ; clypeus medially 

 shortly carinate, the anterior margin incised in the middle ; 

 antennal carinse short, widely divergent posteriorly, autennal groove 

 the length of the scape ; the latter densely pubescent, falling short 

 of the top of the head by about half its own length. Thorax 

 somewhat coarsely transversely striate ; the pronotum anteriorly 

 convex, laterally tuberculate ; mesonotum with a transverse groove 

 and a ridge behind the groove ; metanotum smooth and shining 

 above, sculptured on the sides, the metanotal spines short and 

 erect. Anterior node of pedicel cuneate, with a thin, slightly 

 bituberculate, transverse upper margin, beneath with a semitrans- 

 parent appendix, bearing a spine anteriorly ; posterior node convex, 

 transversely finely striate, about twice as broad as long ; abdomen, 

 broadly oval, finely longitudinally striate on the basal half of the 

 1st segment. 



. Pale yellowish brown, polished, smooth and shining, 

 abdomen darker brown ; head oval, the occiput rather broad ; 

 scape of the antennae extending beyond the top of the head by 

 about one-fourth of its length from insertion. Thorax: the 

 mesonotal transverse groove slight, the metanotal spines erect but 

 very short. Anterior node of pedicel without appendix beneath ; 

 posterior node oval. 



Length, 11 4-5-5 ; 2-5 mm. 



Hab. Recorded so far only from Sikhim (Moller) and Ceylon 

 (Yerbury). 



260. Phidole naorojii, Forel, Zev. Sume Zool. x (1902), pp. 167 & 

 187, I/ $ j id, Jour. Bomb. N. H. Soc. xiv (1902), pp. 525 & 539. 



11 . Head and thorax brownish red, darkest on the head, legs 

 dingy yellow, abdomen dark brown ; pilosity very sparse ; pubescence 

 widely spaced, short but very distinct on the head and abdomen ; 

 head in front longitudinally, the pronotum transversely striate, 

 the apex of the lateral lobes of the head, the occiput, metanotum 

 and posterior node of the pedicel more or less coarsely and closely 

 punctured, opaque ; abdomen smooth. Head nearly square, the 



