262 FORMICIDJE. 



the metanotal ridge behind it barely indicated ; the basal portion 

 of the metanotum long, rectangular, finely transversely striate, 

 and with a longitudinal shallow medial groove ; metanotal spines 

 comparatively long, acute, erect. Pedicel rather short ; the 

 1st node flat, slightly emarginate above ; the 2nd transverse, with 

 the sides not conical above, transversely striate ; abdomen broadly 

 oval. 



Length, I/ 4'5-5 mm. 



Hab. Burma, Pegu Toma (Allan) ; Tenasserim (Fea). 



300. Pbidole javana, Mayr, Tijds. v. Ent. x (1867), p. 98, I/ $ ; 

 Fo'-cl, Rev. Suisse Zool. x (1902), p. 184; id. Jour. Bomb. N. H. 

 Soc. xiv (1902), pp. 537 & 546. 



I/. Castaneous red, antennae, thorax, legs and pedicel more 

 yellowish, abdomen brownish yellow ; pilosity short but very 

 abundant ; head longitudinally striate, a little punctured on the 

 posterior lateral lobes ; thorax and pedicel more finely transversely 

 rugulose ; abdomen very smooth and shining. Head nearly 

 square, but a little longer than broad ; occipital emargination 

 wide, somewhat shallow ; mandibles shining, sparsely punctured ; 

 clypeus with a medial smooth shining triangular portion, the sides 

 striate ; antennal carinse as long as the scape, divergent pos- 

 teriorly ; antennal grooves shallow, broadening posteriorly, finely 

 rugulose within ; antennae moderately long, the scape reaches 

 about three-fourths of the distance between its insertion and the 

 top of the head ; eyes lateral, well below the middle of the head. 

 Thorax : the pronotum rounded, very convex, almost without 

 lateral tubercles ; the mesonotal transverse groove and ridge 

 very slightly marked ; the basal portion of the metanotum mode- 

 rately long ; the metanotal spines short, erect, acute. Pedicel 

 short, the nodes transverse, without appendix beneath, the 2nd 

 transversely oval, twice as broad as the 1st ; abdomen broadly 

 oval. 



" . Shining reddish yellow, the head darker, the abdomen 

 fuscous ; pilosity abundant ; mandibles finely obscurely striate 

 towards the acutely dentate masticatory margin ; head somewhat 

 smooth, front between the frontal carinse very finely striate, 

 punctured and superficially reticulate- punctate, the cheeks 

 striate : pronotum rounded, finely coriaceous and rugulose (or 

 very superficially reticulate punctate), the disc smoother, with 

 some transverse striae in front ; mesonotum with a medial sloping 

 raised portion ; metanotum with two triangular erect teeth ; 

 meso- and metathorax reticulate punctate ; pedicel finely coria- 

 ceous and rugulose; abdomen smooth." (Mayr.) 

 LenfjtJi, I/ 3-5-4 ; $ 2-4 mm. 



Hab. Burma (Fea, Binfjham), extending to Java. A variety 

 separated as var. dharmsalana by Dr. Porel, has been procured 

 by Sage in the North-west Himalayas. I have seen no specimen 

 of this latter, but it differs apparently in having the head in front 

 broader. 



