258 FORMICID.E. 



well beyond the top of the head. Thorax elongate, somewhat 

 narrow ; the pro-mesonotum with two lateral short erect teeth ; 

 basal portion of metanotum long, slightly sloping posteriorly, 

 dentate. Pedicel elongate ; the 1st node squamiform, entire, with 

 no appendix beneath ; 2nd node globose, twice as large as the 1st ; 

 abdomen oval. 



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



Hob. Western India, Poona ( Wroughton). 



294. Phidole rogersi, Forel, Rev. Suisse Zool. x (1902), pp. 181 & 197, 

 I/ ; id. Jour. Bomb. N. H. Soc. xiv (1902), pp. 535 & 645. 



I/ . Beddish yellow, abdomen brownish posteriorly, the antennae 

 and legs yellow ; head finely and lightly longitudinally striate, 

 posteriorly and on the occiput smooth, slightly punctured ; thorax 

 anteriorly and the abdomen smooth and shining, the sides of 

 the mesonotum and metanotum and the nodes of the pedicel finely 

 rugulose ; pilosity pale yellow, moderate, most abundant on the 

 front of the head and on the abdomen posteriorly above, rather 

 sparse but very distinct on the tibiae of the legs. Head longer 

 than broad, the sides parallel, the occipital emargination moderately 

 deep, the frontal groove well-marked and deep ; mandibles finely 

 but obscurely longitudinally striate ; antennae slender, the scape 

 falling short of the top of the head by about one-third of its own 

 length. Thorax short, the pronotal tubercles distinct but not 

 prominent, the mesonotal transverse groove and ridge nearly 

 obsolete ; basal portion of metauotum medially longitudinally 

 grooved, the spines short and erect. Pedicel: the 1st node 

 squamiform, entire, with no appendix beneath ; 2nd node globose, 

 slightly transverse ; abdomen elongate oval. 



" . Head ovate-rectangular, posterior margin well-defined. 

 Scape extending by one-third of its own length beyond the occiput. 

 The pronotum with 2 subdentiform tubercles. Mesonotum very 

 slightly impressed in the middle. Two small metanotal spines. 

 Second node of the pedicel small, somewhat square, with the 

 angles obtuse. Thorax partly reticulate, cheeks striate, the rest 

 smooth. Hairs on the tibiae a little oblique. Eeddish yellow, 

 head and abdomen yellowish brown (in part brownish yellow)." 

 (Forel.) 



Length, I/ 3 ; $ 1 '7-2-3 mm. 



Hab. North- West Provinces, the Siwaliks (Rogers'); Bengal 

 (Taylor). The Bengal form has been separated by Dr. Forel as 

 var. taylori : it differs from the type in being smaller, narrower, 

 and has the scape of the antenna thicker. 



295. Phidole peguensis, Emery, Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xxxiv (1894), 

 p. 468, I/ ; Forel, Jtev. Suisse Zool. x (1902), p. 182, }/; id. 

 Jour. Bomb. N. H. Soc. xiv (1902), pp. 536 & 545. 



"]/. Head and thorax brownish red, pedicel and abdomen dusky 

 greenish brown, antennae and legs brownish yellow. Head, 

 thorax and abdomen covered with abundant, rather long, soft, 



