P1IIDOLE. 255 



289. Phidole magretti, Emery, Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xxv (1887), 



p. 462, 1/ $ ; Forel, Rev. Suisse Zool. x (1902), p. ISO,}/ ; id. Jour. 

 Bomb. N. H. Soc. xiv (1902), pp. 534 & 545. 



11 . Very dark reddish or chestnut-brown, deepening almost to 

 black on the abdomen ; flagellum of the antennae and legs much 

 lighter; pilosity reddish, abundant, rather long ; pubescence 

 wanting except on the flagellum of the antennae and the tarsi. 

 Head rectangular, much longer than broad, the sides parallel, the 

 occipital emargination narrow and not very deep, the posterior 

 lateral lobes not prominent nor divergent ; mandibles smooth, 

 shining, highly polished ; clypeus very well defined posteriorly, the 

 portion between the bases of the antennae somewhat depressed, with 

 a central slightly raised bulb ; antennal carina) widely divergent ; 

 the antennae short, antennal grooves broadening greatly at apex 

 downwards towards the eyes. Head somewhat irregularly longi- 

 tudinally striate, reticulate. Thorax short, irregularly transversely 

 rugose and opaque; the pronotum proportionately somewhat 

 massive, with the lateral tubercles prominent, mesonotal transverse 

 groove and ridge indistinct ; basal portion of mesonotum hori- 

 zontal, laterally margined, metanotal spines acute. Pedicel : the 

 nodes above rugulose, the 1st node transverse, a little broader 

 than long, 2nd node transversely shuttle-shaped, the lateral angles 

 cone-shaped ; abdomen smooth, polished, shining, broadly oval. 



Length, If. 3-5-4 mm. 



Hab. Karennee (Fea). 



290. Phidole sepulchralis, sp. nov. 



I/. Very dark brown, almost black ; the antennae and legs 

 reddish ; pilosity pale, very abundant and long, especially on the 

 head in front and on the abdomen ; head longitudinally finely and 

 regularly striate, with scattered superficial large punctures; thorax 

 smooth, highly polished and shining, only the sides and the meta- 

 notum obscurely rugulose ; pedicel and abdomen very highly 

 polished, smooth and shining. Head longer than broad, the cheeks 

 straight to above the eyes, then curved inwards, convex, occipital 

 emargination deep but not wide, the posterior lateral lobes long, 

 not divergent; eyes below the middle line of the head; mandibles 

 finely but sparsely punctured, the masticatory margin not dentate ; 

 clypeus narrow, anteriorly transverse, not emarginate ; the medial 

 portion between the bases of the antenna) smooth, convex, denned 

 posteriorly by a curved, very distinct, but narrow groove or 

 impressed line; antennal carinae long, divergent, the autennal 

 grooves shallow, finely rugulose within ; antenna) somewhat short 

 and slender, the scape barely extending two-thirds of the distance 

 between its insertion and the top of the head, the antennal 

 groove is longer than the scape, and broadens a little posteriorly. 

 Thorax : the pronotum with pronounced but obtuse lateral tubercles, 

 mesonotal transverse groove and ridge slight ; basal portion ot 

 metanotum short, broadening posteriorly and with a broad deep 



