302 10RMICJD.E. 



of white is common, and has been named var. bnmneipes by 

 Dr. Forel. 



:342. Technomyrmex brunneus. 



Technomyrmex albipes, race brunneus, Forel, Jour. Bomb. N. H. 

 Soc. ix (1895), p. 467. 



$ . Eeddish brown, smooth and shining; the tarsi pale yellow- 

 ish brown, the posterior margins of the apical three abdominal 

 segments narrowly testaceous; pilosity more abundant than in 

 T. albipes. Head broader posteriorly than in front, the occiput 

 widely emarginate ; mandibles broadly triangular, convex on the 

 outside, the masticatory margin with numerous minute but acute- 

 teeth ; clypeus convex, its posterior margin not clearly defined, 

 anteriorly with a medial circular incision in the margin. Thorax 

 in front strongly convex, the meso-metanotal suture not so deep, 

 and the metanotum more rounded than in T. albipes ; legs more 

 .slender. Node of the pedicel and the abdomen as in T. albipes. 



Length, slightly over 3 mm. 



Hub. Sikhim (Bingham) ; Western India (Wroughton). Pro- 

 bably will be found generally distributed in the moister parts of 

 India and Burma. 



343. Technomyrmex bicolor, Emery, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. Ixii (1893;, 

 p. 249, ; Forel, Jour. Bomb. N. H. Soc. (1895), p. 467, $ . 



$ . Black ; the mandibles, antennae, thorax and legs pale 

 reddish or brownish yellow ; pilosity and pubescence as in T. albipes. 

 ] lead subcordate, convex in front ; mandibles triangular, broad, 

 the masticatory margin minutely dentate ; clypeus as in T. albipes; 

 antenna), especially the scape, proportionately much longer ; 

 the joints of the flagellum longer than broad. Thorax more 

 slender than in T. albipes ; the pro- and mesonotum not so convex ; 

 the legs proportionately longer. Pedicel and abdomen as in 

 T. albipes. 



Length, 2'5 to nearly 3 mm. 



Hab. Ceylon (Green). 



4544. Technomyrmex elatior. 



Technomyrmex mogdiliani, Emery, race elatior, Forel, Ann. Soc. 

 Ent. Bdg. xlvi (1902), p. 293, . 



. Black, the antennae and legs reddish brown, the tarsi 

 paling to yellowish brown ; pilosity almost entirely wanting, but 

 the head, thorax and abdomen covered with a thin silky hoary- 

 white pubescence, very short and fine, and only to be seen in 

 certain lights, the pubescence on the tibiae indistinct but recum- 

 bent. Entirely smooth but minutely closely reticulate, dull and 

 subopaque. Head with the cheeks very convex, the occiput 

 emarginate; mandibles proportionately rather large, shining reddish 

 brown ; clypeus medially incised, the incision broader than in the 

 other species of the genus and not so deep : antennae massive, the 



