238 FORMICI1XE. 



268. Phidole phipsoni, Ford, Rev. Suisse Zool, x (1902), pp. 171 & 190, 



I/ $ ; id. Jour. Bomb. N. H. Soc. xiv (1902), pp. 528 & 541. 



ty . Head, the thorax and pedicel in part, the coxae, trochanters, 

 base and apex of the femora and of the tibiae, and the whole 

 of the tarsi reddish bro\vn ; the pronotuin, metanotum, nodes of 

 the pedicel above, and abdomen black, the posterior margins 

 of the abdominal segments narrowly yellow. Pilosity reddish, 

 very abundant and long. Head much longer than broad, the 

 sides parallel, the occipital emargination V-shaped, deep, the 

 whole head longitudinally striate, reticulate posteriorly between 

 the striae ; mandibles shining, the apex obtuse ; clypeus with a 

 short medial carina inside a medial longitudinal depression ; 

 antennae short, antennal grooves shallow. Thorax : the pro- and 

 mesonotum form one convexity, viewed in profile the thorax is 

 emarginate at the rneso-metanotal suture; metanotum with a 

 distinct basal portion sloping forward, bituberculate at apex. 

 Pedicel thick, opaque, coarsely sculptured ; anterior node broader 

 than loug, its upper margin transversely rounded, no appendix 

 beneath : posterior node convex above, nearly twice as broad 

 as long, the' lateral angles attenuate and acute ; abdomen broadly 

 oval, finely, closely punctured and opaque. 



. Head, thorax and abdomen reddish brown, antennae and 

 legs brownish yellow. Pilosity as in the I/ . Head oval ; antennae 

 very long, the scape extending beyond the top of the head by 

 about one-third of its length. Thorax : the pro- and mesonotum 

 and emargination at the meso-metanotal suture as in the I/ , 

 metanotal spines absent ; posterior node of the pedicel conical, 

 not so long and oval as in most species. 



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



Hab. Eecorded only from Western India, Kanara ( Wroughton). 



269. Phidole hospita, sp. nov. 



I/ . Head and pedicel chestnut-red, thorax and abdomen very 

 dark brown, nearly black, mandibles much darker, antennae and 

 legs slightly lighter in colour than the head ; head regularly longitu- 

 dinallv striate, the striae slightly divergent above the vertex, oblique 

 but not transverse on the lateral lobes ; posteriorly the head is more 

 or less smooth on the occiput and on the back of the lateral lobes ; 

 thorax longitudinally and somewhat irregularly finely striate on the 

 sides, the striae curving round the front of the pronotum and 

 transverse above on the basal portion of the metanotum ; the pro- 

 notum and mesonotum above are smooth and shining, with one or 

 two scattered punctures ; pedicel and abdomen smooth with a 

 few irregular punctures, abdomen highly polished and shining; 

 pilosity almost entirely wanting. Head with the mandibles from 

 the front almost shield-shaped, very much broader posteriorly 

 than in front, the occipital emarginatiou wide and moderatelv 

 deep, the lateral lobes of the head large and rounded above, 

 ;i well-marked and tolerably deep transverse impression above the 



