BOTH HIOMYU \fKX. JjQT 



pro-, meso- and basal portion of metanotum viewed from above 

 convex and subequal. Node of the pedicel very- low, strongly 

 inclined forward ; abdomen comparatively large and massive very 

 convex in front. 



$ . Eesembles the , but is larger and more massive ; the head 

 is smaller proportionately, the eyes larger ; the thorax not very- 

 gibbous or convex above, the node of the pedicel higher; the 

 abdomen more elongate and subcylindrical. Colour a pale reddish 

 brown. 



Length, % 1-5-2 ; $ 3-5 mm. 



Hob. North-West Provinces (SmytMes) ; Sikhim (Bi-ngJutm) ; 

 Western India ( Wrouc/ltton). 



349. Bothriomyrmex dalyi, Forel. 



Bothriomyrmex wroughtoni, Forel, race clalvi, Forel, Jour. Bomb. 

 N. H. Sue. ix (1895). pp. 469 & 471, . 



. Head, thorax and abdomen yellowish brown, the abdo- 

 men sometimes dark brown. The whole insect covered with a 

 whitish pubescence, most dense and somewhat long on the head 

 and abdomen ; pilosity very sparse, confined to a few scattered 

 pale hairs on the front of the head and on the abdomen pos- 

 teriorly. Head with the mandibles broadly oval, the top of the 

 head slightly convex, the occiput widely emarginate; mandibles 

 broad, with 4 teeth placed rather wide apart ; clypeus much 

 broader than high, slightly com*ex, its anterior margin slightly 

 but distinctly arched ; antenna? more slender and longer than in 

 B. myops, the scape extending slightly above the top of the head, 

 the 2nd joint of the flagellum distinctly longer than broad ; eyes 

 larger, placed more to the front than in B. myops. Thorax short, 

 somewhat laterally compressed. Node of the pedicel higher and 

 more erect than in B. mi/ops ; abdomen broadly oval. 



Length, $ 2-2-5 mm/ 



Hab. Apparently generally spread through India; recorded 

 from Coonoor ( Wrowjhtori), Bengal (Rotlmey), and Western 

 India. 



Dr. Forel considers this species merely a race of B. wroughtoni, 

 Forel, but it differs constantly in the shape and proportions of 

 the head, and in being more pubescent. 



350. Bothriomyrmex wroughtoni, Ford, Join: Bomb. JV. If. &.C. ix 



(1895), pp. 409 & 470, $ J $ . 



$ . Head and thorax brownish yellow ; abdomen brown, some- 

 times with a yellowish tint, the whole insect covered with a fairly 

 abundant pale pubescence, especially dense on the abdomen. Head 

 without the mandibles square, as broad posteriorly as in front, 

 very convex; mandibles comparatively broad, the masticatory 

 margin oblique, armed with 4 blunt teeth; clypeus convex, broad, 



