CAMPONOTUS. 355 



brown. Head triangular, lateral occipital angles prominent ; 

 mandibles and clypeus as in G. taylori, but the median lobe of the 

 latter considerably longer. Thorax broad; pronotum nearly as 

 broad as long; legs comparatively short, covered with short, 

 rather sparse re'cumbent hairs. Node of the pedicel narrowly 

 oval ; abdomen broad and massive. 



min. Similar, slighter ; head somewhat rectangular, rounded 

 above, about the same width as the prothorax ; mandibles with 

 6 teeth ; antennae, thorax, legs and abdomen all comparatively 

 longer than in the $ maj. 



Length, maj. 8-9 ; min. 6-7 mm. 



Hab. Ceylon (Ycrbury) ; Upper Burma, Maymyo, 3000 ft. 

 (Smythies) . 



406. Camponotus mitis, Smith (Formica), Cat. vi (1858), p. 20, $ . 

 Formica ventralis $ & bacclms , Smith, Cat. vi (18-38), pp. 20 



ft 21. 

 Camponotus maculatus, Fabr., race, initis (Smith), Ford, Jour. 



Bomb. N. H. Soc. vii (1892), pp. 230 & 242, $ . 



maj. Head, scape of antennae and abdomen opaque dark 

 fuscous brown ; nagellum of the antennae, thorax and legs yellowish 

 brown ; pubescence erect, sparse on the head and thorax, more 

 plentiful on the abdomen, short, fairly close, aud recumbent on 

 the legs. Head subtriangular, broad posteriorly, the occiput 



Fig. 112. Camponotus initis, $ uiaj. 



emarginate ; mandibles, clypeus, antennae and eyes as in C. coni- 

 pressus. Thorax stout; legs moderately long, femora slightly 

 compressed, tibia! prism-shaped, longitudinally channeled. Node 

 of the pedicel a little narrower than in C. compressus ; abdomen 

 comparatively broad, long and massive. 



51 min. Similar, but of a testaceous brown . all over ; head 



rectangular, narrow, pos- 

 teriorly rounded. 



$ . Besembles the $ /' 

 but the sides of the head are 

 more convex, the lateral oc- 

 cipital angles rounded, the 

 Fig. U3.Campottotu* mtii*, $ min. occiput transverse. Node of 



Ihe pedicel broader, Hatter, 

 rounder above ; abdomen very large and massive. 

 Length, g maj. 8-10 ; $ min. 6-7'5 ; $11-13 mm. 



