254 FORMICIDJE. 



margin entire; the 2nd node broader than long, sculptured; 

 abdomen punctured at base. 



$ . Similar to the I/ but darker in colour. Pilosity as in 

 the I/ . Head without the mandibles somewhat square, the occiput 

 transverse not emarginate, slightly narrower than the thorax ; 

 head, mesonotum and base of abdomen longitudinally striate ; the 

 scutelluin shining and smooth ; the metanotum and nodes of the 

 pedicel transversely striate, metanotal spines stout and acute; apical 

 two-thirds of the abdomen somewhat densely pilose with piligerous 

 tubercles. 



Length, I/ 4-4-5 ; $ 2-2-5 ; 2 6 mm. 



Hob. Generally spread throughout Continental India. 



288. Phidole ghatica, Forel, Rev. Suisse Zool. x (1902), pp. 180 & 

 196, 1/ ? ; id. Jour. Bomb. N. H. xiv (1902), pp. 534 & 615. 



I/. Reddish brown ; abdomen dark brown, mandibles, antennae 

 and legs yellowish brown. Head, thorax and abdomen covered 

 rather sparsely with erect pale hairs. Head without the mandibles 

 rectangular, a little longer than broad, regularly somewhat finely 

 longitudinally striate, the occipital emargination V-shaped, some- 

 what deep, little or no depression on the vertex; mandibles shining, 

 rather closely punctured ; clypeus with a shining medial portion, 

 delicately longitudinally striate, with its anterior margin incised ; 

 antennal carinie short, posteriorly divergent ; antennal groove 

 shallow but distinct, delicately punctured within ; scape of the 

 antennae reaching somewhat more than half way from insertion 

 to the top of the head. Thorax transversely striate, anteriorly 

 convex ; pronotum above laterally tuberculate, transverse groove 

 on mesonotum wide and shallow ; basal and apical portions of the 

 metanotum subequal, metanotal spines stout and acute. Pedicel 

 rather short : the 1st node in profile triaugular, with no appendix 

 beneath ; 2nd node transversely spindle-shaped, rounded above 

 and striate, not quite twice as broad as long ; abdomen broadly 

 oval, punctured and opaque, the bases of the 2nd and succeeding 

 segments smooth and shining. 



. Head and thorax deep reddish brown, mandibles, antenna) 

 and legs yellowish brown ; abdomen dark brown. Head, thorax 

 and abdomen densely finely punctured, opaque, covered with 

 sparsely scattered erect pale hairs. Head oval, with a distinct 

 posterior margin ; eyes large, lateral, a little below the middle line 

 of the head ; thorax laterally tuberculate. mesouotal transverse 

 groove not very distinct ; the basal portion of the metanotum a 

 little longer than the apical, the lateral spines stout, acute, erect, 

 Pedicel : the 1st node thick and somewhat rounded above ; 2nd 

 node broader than long, the lateral cones fairly distinct ; abdomen 

 oval. 



Length, I/ 3'5 ; $ 2'5 mm. 



Hab. Recorded so far only from Western India ( WrouyJiton). 



