ACANTHOLEPI8. PLAGIOLEPIS. 



base covering the 1st and anterior portion of the 2nd segment 

 sculpture as in A. opaca; pilosity and pubescence entirely wanting' 

 Head rounder, more convex in front, the occiput arched, not 

 transverse. Thorax and abdomen as in A. 



Length, % 2-5-3 mm. 



Hal. Western India, Poona ( Wroufjliton\ 



360. Acantholepis fergusoni, Ford, Jour. L'owb. X. Jf. &c. ix(J89o) 

 p. 4.59, $ . 



. Head and abdomen reddish brown ; the mandibles, clypeu*. 

 thorax, node of the pedicel, the base of the 1st abdominal segment 

 broadly and a narrow transverse line at the base of the 3rd seg- 

 ment, yellow ; antennae and legs pale brown. Head without tlie 

 mandibles about as broad as long, lightly convex in front ; the 

 occiput transverse, densely and very finely punctured, opaque ; 

 mandibles narrow, curved, armed with 4 teeth ; clypeus convex ;* 

 autennal carinae short, widely separated, slightly divergent 

 posteriorly. Thorax : the pronotum from above circular, rather 

 flat, the mesonotum depressed, the thorax deeply emarginate 

 behind the mesonotum : metanotum short, the basal portion from 

 above crescentic, the two horns of the crescent formed bv thick 

 curved teeth or tubercles. Node of the pedicel emarginate'above .- 

 abdomen comparatively massive and broad. 



Length, 3-3*5 mm. 



Hab. Travancore. Southern India (Feiyngon). 



Genus PLAGIOLEPIS. 



Formica, pt., La.tr. Ess. Hist, Fuunn. Fr. 1798, p. 4f. 

 Plagiolepis, Mnyr, Eur. Form. 1801, p. 42, $> J. 



Type, P. pygmcva, Latr., from Europe. 



Range. Both hemispheres. 



. Mandibles somewhat narrow, masticatory margin oblique 

 with 5 teeth, the apical tooth Jong and acute ; clypeus com- 

 paratively large, convex, carinate, lozenge-shaped, its anterior 

 margin arched and partially covering the mandibles; antennal 

 carinae short, rather wide apart, parallel ; antenna) 11-jointed ; 

 frontal area ill-defined. Thorax very slightly constricted between 

 the rneso- and metanotum, in some species a little saddle-shaped ; 

 legs long and slender. Node of pedicel variable, in .some species 

 acute, above flat, in others thick and rounded above ; in all inclined 

 to the front. Abdomen massive. 



$ . Head and node of pedicel as in the $ : clypous not carinate. 

 Thorax depressed, rather broader proportionately than in the $ . 

 Wings with one cubital and no discoidal cell. 



c?. Mandibles triangular; clypeus, antenna? and node of tin- 

 pedicel as in the $ . Head very small ; frontal area sharply 

 defined, broad transversely, tilling the space between the antennal 

 carina? ; antennae 12-jointed. Thorax somewhat depressed and 

 flat above; the pronotum vertical, forming no part of the dorsum ; 



