276 FOBMIOID.E. 



the nervures and the stigma brown. Fore wing with a single 

 cubital cell." 



" d 1 . Mandibles with 4 or 5 teeth. Head much longer than 

 broad. Scape as long as the first four joints of the flagellum. 

 Scutellum verv prominent. The basal face of the metanotum 

 has a deep transverse impression posterior to its middle, behind 

 that two strong obtuse teeth. Anteriorly it rises with a slope 

 Towards the postscutellum. Nodes of the pedicel very low and 

 depressed, the first a little distinct from its pedicel. Pilosity 

 longer and more pointed than in the $ . The rest resembles the 

 2 . A single cubital cell." (Forel,) 



Length, $ 5-6 ; $ 6 ; tf 5-3 mm. 



Hab. The Himalayas, Lahoul (Sage), extending into Tibet. 



316. Aphaenogaster cristata, Forel (Stenamma (Aphaenogaster)), Rev. 

 Suisse Zool. x (1902), p. 225, . 



" . More slender than the preceding. The head is not oval 

 but the anterior margin is broader. Behind the eyes it is 

 constricted, the sides slightly convex, curving gradually to the 

 articulation with the thorax. Dimensions of the antennae as in 

 A. rothneyi. Pronotum without tubercles. The mesonotum has 

 in its middle a raised transverse crest-like projection, somewhat 

 more pinched and flattened and a little more prominent than the 

 transverse ridge or carina on the mesonotum of A. smythiesi. 

 Behind this crest the mesonotum is sloping and bears a transverse 

 medial impression. Basal face of the metanotum convex as in 

 A.patmelis. Spines rather stout, wide apart, as long as two-thirds 

 of the distance between them. First node a little broader than 

 in A. rothneyi, with a slight petiole. Second node as in A. schurri, 

 but a little shorter and broader. Smooth and shining all over. 

 Front of the head and metanotum in part feebly reticulate. Some 

 few stria? around the eyes. Pilosity scattered, more setiform and 

 obtuse than in the two preceding species. That of the tibiae and the 

 scape as in A. scJmrri. Brown; legs, mandibles and antennae 

 yellowish. This form may be merely a race of A. rothneyi." (Forel.) 



Length, $ 5*5 mm. 



Hab. North-west Himalayas, Dharmsala (Sage). Unknown to 

 me. 



317. Aphaenogaster smythiesi, Forel (Stenamma (Aphsenogaster), 

 Rev. Suisse Zool. x (1902), p. 222, $ rf. 



$ . Dark castaneous brown to piceous black, smooth, polished 

 and shining, with scattered raised piligerous points and a few 

 indistinct longitudinal striae on the front of the head and on the 

 metanotum ; pilosity comparatively sparse, hoary white and obtuse, 

 most plentiful on the abdomen. Head without the mandibles 

 rectangular, the posterior lateral angles rounded, the cheeks some- 

 what straight, the occipital margin broad at the articulation with 

 the thorax and not prolonged backwards into a neck ; mandibles 



