234 FOHMIC1DJE. 



202. Phidole fergusoni, Forel, Rev. Suisse Zool. x (1902), pp. 169 & 

 188 ; id. Jour. Bomb. N. H. Soc. xiv (1902), pp. 526 & 540. 



11 . Head, thorax and pedicel deep ferruginous red ; abdomen 

 dark brown, almost black in some specimens. Head, thorax and 

 pedicel coarsely sculptured, the head with longitudinal striae 

 breaking into coarse reticulations posteriorly on the lateral lobes, 

 the thorax and pedicel with coarse punctures and transverse 

 striae, abdomen finely longitudinally striate ; pilosity abundant, of 

 a pale yellowish colour. Head nearly square, slightly constricted 

 anteriorly, with a shallow impression on the vertex ; mandibles 

 longitudinally striate and punctured ; clypeus with a short medial 

 vertical carina ; antennae somewhat short, the apex of the scape 

 falling short of the top of the head by nearly its own length ; 

 antennal grooves not distinct ; occipital emargination moderately 

 deep. Thorax with the pronotal lateral tubercles, the transverse 

 mesonotal groove and cariua all very strongly marked ; metauotum 

 short, the spines remarkablv stout, but short and obtuse. Pedicel : 

 the 1st node with its upper margin transverse and with a tri- 

 angular appendix beneath ; 2nd node barely twice as broad as 

 long, its lateral angles obtuse ; abdomen broadly oval, depressed, 

 truncate anteriorly. 



$ . Similar in colour to the I/ ; head, thorax and pedicel closely 

 punctured, opaque ; abdomen smooth and shining, sparsely punc- 

 tured at base only. Pilosity as in the }/. Head oval, the 

 occiput rounded, convex, the antennae stout, pubescent, the scape 

 extending beyond the top of the head by about one-fourth of its 

 length. Thorax elongate, the transverse mesonotal groove and 

 ridge not well-marked, the basal portion of the metanotuni not 

 horizontal, slightly sloping, the metanotal spines short, acute and 

 erect. Pedicel elongate, the 1st node almost conical, the 2nd node 

 globose, much broader and longer ; abdomen oval. 



Length, I/. 6-6-5 ; $ 3'5-4 mm. 



Hal. Recorded so far only from Travancore (Ferguson). 



2(')'3. Phidole sharpi, Ford, Rev. Suisse Zool. x (1902), pp. 169 & 188, 

 I/ $ ; id. Jour. Bomb. N. H. Soc. xiv (1902), pp. 526 & 540, 



If.. Head, thorax and 1st node of the pedicel brownish red, 

 2nd node of the pedicel and abdomen dark brown ; head, thorax 

 and abdomen covered with soft, rather long erect hair, raised on 

 piligerous tubercles on the abdomen. Head broad, narrowing 

 anteriorly, with a deep transverse depression oil the vertex 

 and the occipital emargination bi-oad and shallow ; cheeks convex, 

 the whole front of the head and cheeks longitudinally striate, the 

 striaa breaking into coarse reticulations on the posterior lobes ; 

 mandibles smooth, sparsely punctured ; clypeus with a smooth 

 space in the middle carinate, and the anterior border emarginate ; 

 antennal carinae short, antennal groove shallow, scape of the 

 antennae falling short of the top of the head by about half its own 

 length. Thorax transversely striate, the pronotum convex ante- 



