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covered with a sparse minute pubescence and abundant, rather 

 thick, erect brown hairs, somewhat dense on the head and abdomen, 

 sparse on the thorax. Head broad, about as broad as long without 

 the mandibles, transverse, almost emarginate posteriorly ; mandibles 

 broad, punctured, each with 4 teeth, the apical tooth long, acute 

 and slightly curved ; clypeus strongly convex, broader than long ; 

 antenna of moderate length, the scape extending beyond the head 

 by about one-third of its length ; eyes placed more to the front 

 of the head than in the other species. Thorax broad, the mesp- 

 rafitanotal emargination distinct but not so wide or deep as in 

 P. benyalensis ; the metanotum rounded, the basal portion not 

 nearly so long as in P. indica. Node of the pedicel somewhat 

 flat, laminate and low, not nearly so conspicuous as in P. indica ; 

 abdomen broad and massive. 



" $ . Similar to the , and pilose. Like all $ Prenolepis it is 

 nearly impossible to distinguish this species from the others. 

 Dark brown all over. Wings strongly shaded with brown." 

 (Forel.) 



" d" . Valves of the external genitalia very long, black, chitinous 

 (nearly twice as long as broad without the appendix), terminating 

 in a very long appendix (nearly as long as the valve), very narrow, 

 slightly curved and rounded at apex, which is broader than the 

 basal portion, below terminated by a triangular protuberance. 

 Between the protuberance and the appendix there is a notch less 

 deep than in P. taylori. . . . Blackish, very shining, tarsi and 

 the articulations of the femora testaceous. Flagellum of the 

 antennae and coxae brown. Legs, scapes and mandibles of a 

 dark brown, as are the sides of the thorax. Head broad, broader 

 posteriorly than in front. The basal face of the metanotum 

 merged into the declivous apical face. Thorax broader than in 

 P. bourbonica. Wings fuscous." (Forel.) 



Length, $ 2-5-3-5 ; 2 4-45 ; rf 2'5 mm. 



Hob. Ceylon (Yerbun/); Southern India, the ~Ni]giris(Wroughton). 



377. Prenolepis smythiesi, Forel, Jour. Bomb. N. H. Soc. viii (1894), 

 pp. 408 & 410, $d. 



$ . Head and thorax dull red, abdomen brown ; mandibles, 

 antennas, scutellum, basal margin of median segment and the legs 

 pale yellow ; head, thorax and abdomen densely pubescent and 

 covered with scattered erect pale hairs, very minutely and closely 

 punctured, opaque ; head subtriangular, broad posteriorly ; man- 

 dibles comparatively broad and strong, the masticatory margin 

 with 5 or 6 teeth ; clypeus very large, prominent, convex ; eyes 

 prominent ; antennae slender, filiform, the scape extending beyond 

 the top of the head by less than half its length, the joints of the 

 flagelluin short, very little longer than they are broad ; ocelli 

 distinct. Thorax massive ; pronotum vertical, not forming part 

 of the dorsum ; raesonotum and scutellum broad and convex ; 

 median segment oblique. Node of the pedicel depressed much 



