248 FOBMICID^E. 



the posterior half of the abdomen. Pilosity as in the I/ . Head 

 very short and broad, much broader posteriorly than in front. 

 Head and thorax longitudinally finely striate ; metanotal spines 

 sub triangular, very broad at base ; anterior node of pedicel very 

 slightly emarginate above, posterior node transverse laterally, 

 angularly produced, more than twice as broad as long, convex and 

 transversely striatu above ; abdomen elongate, convex above. 

 Wings lacteous, sub-hyaline, with a yellowish tint and with the 

 nervures and stigma yellow. 



cJ. Brown, the antennae and legs yellowish. Head very convex 

 posteriorly behind the eyes ; mandibles with two teeth ; the scape 

 of the antennae about as long as the basal two joints of the 

 fliigellum. Smooth and shining, the mesonotum only longitudinally 

 striate. 



Length, If. 5-5-6; $ 2-5-3-5; $ 7-7'5 ; d 1 4-5 ram. 



Hob. Recorded so far only from Western India ( Wroughtori). 



281. Phidole constanciae, Forel, Rev. Suisse Zool. x (1902), pp. 176 & 

 194, }/$ $ ; id. Jour. Bomb. N. H. Soc. xiv (1902), pp. 532 & 

 543. 



I/. Head and thorax chestnut-red, antennae, legs and abdomen 

 yellowish brown. Pilosity as in P. wrougJitoni,^ but more sparse. 

 Head without the mandibles slightly broader than long, the occipital 

 emargi nation wide and shallow, anteriorly somewhat coarsely 

 longitudinally striate, the striae running into reticulations poste- 

 riorly on the lateral lobes ; mandibles smooth and shining, with a 

 few shallow punctures ; clypeus with the anterior margin trans- 

 verse, very slightly medially incised ; antennal cari rise short, widely 

 divergent, no antennal groove ; scape of the antennae falling short 

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

 pronotum somewhat coarsely sculptured, the lateral tubercles 

 not distinct ; the transverse groove and ridge on the mesonotum 

 not so strongly marked as in P. wrougJitoni ; metanotum depressed, 

 with rather smaller lateral spines than in the above species. 

 Pedicel with 1st node in profile cuneate, its upper margin transverse, 

 and with no appendix beneath ; 2nd node from above smooth, 

 convex, about twice as broad as long, the lateral angles not much 

 produced ; abdomen almost circular as in P. wrougJitoni. 



. Brownish yellow, shaded on the head, thorax and abdomen 

 with brownish red above. Head, without the mandibles, only a 

 little longer than broad, with the top of the head seen from the 

 front more or less transverse ; antennae long, extending by about 

 half their length beyond the top of the head. Thorax : the pro- 

 notum elongate, convex, the transverse groove and ridge on the 

 mesonotum distinct ; the metanotum broad, with the lateral spines 

 very short and erect. Pedicel : the 1st node somewhat conical, 

 obtusely transverse ahove ; 2nd node globose, a little longer than 

 broad, laterally not produced ; abdomen elongate, oval. 



$ . Resembles the I/ , but the head is proportionately broader 



