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antennae, legs and posterior node infuscate, the abdomen dark 

 brown ; head very closely and finely longitudinally striate ; thorax 

 and the nodes of the pedicel rather more coarsely transversely 

 rugose-stnate; abdomen smooth. Pilosity very sparse, soft and 

 somewhat long on the scape of the antenna? and on the tibia of 

 the legs, adjacent and oblique. Head rectangular, longer than 

 broad the sides straight, the posterior lateral angles rounded ; 

 mandibles with a few coarse stria? at base ; head posteriorly slightly 

 emargmate and with a medial impressed line from the middle o"f 

 the emargmation to below the vertex. Thorax: the pro-meso- 

 notum narrower than the head, rounded anteriorly and above ; 

 the basal portion of the metanotum nearly as long as the pro- 

 mesonotum, the apex above medially subsulcate with the lateral 

 angles more or Jess carinate, the posterior face of the metanotum 

 obliquely truncate ; legs slender, moderately long. Pedicel and 

 abdomen as in the genus. 



$ min. Closely resembles the maj., but is of course very 

 much smaller ; proportionately to the large pro-mesonotum, the 

 basal portion of the metanotum is shorter than in the $ maj. 

 The colour varies, some specimens have the head fuscous. 



Fig. 84. Holcomyrmex KobrieepB, $. a. Head from front; b. Leg. 



$ . Head deep red ; thorax, pedicel and abdomen more or less 

 dark brown or black, in places with reddish tinge. Head finely, 

 densely punctate granulate; thorax and abdomen smooth and 

 shining, some vague transverse stria? on the metanotum posteriorly, 

 and the nodes of the pedicel opaque, granulate ; wings light flavo- 

 hyaline. For the rest the characters ot the genus. 



cf . Head and abdomen black ; thorax and pedicel chestnut- 

 brown, with the borders of the articulations yellowish ; antennae 

 pale yellow ; legs brown, tibia? and tarsi dull yellow. Head opaque, 

 rugulose ; thorax entirely, pedicel and abdomen smooth and 

 shining. For the rest the characters of the genus. 



Length, $ $ 3-5-7 ; $ 12 ; J 7 mm. 



Hab. Distributed irregularly throughout India from the Punjab 

 to Cochin ; not recorded from Ceylon, Assam, or Burma. 



.Dr. Forel describes (Bev. Suisse Zool. x, 1902, p. 220) a variety 

 named by him H. crinicipito-scabi'ieeps, intermediate between this 

 species and H. crinciceps, Mayr. This latter, however, occurs in 

 Burma, where I failed to procure //. scabriceps. 



