CAMPONOTUS. 357 



niesonotal suture very distinct, meso-inetauotal indistinct ; legs 

 short ; tibiae compressed but not prismatic, and destitute of spines 

 beneath, Node of pedicel biconvex, as long as broad ; abdomen 

 moderately massive. 



min. Closely resembles the $ maj., but is slightly lighter 

 ,in colour, with the legs markedly lighter; node of the pedicel 

 convex in front, flat posteriorly. 



Length, maj. 6'5-8 ; min. 4-6 mm. 



Hob. Ceylon ( Yerbury) ; Burma, Maymyo, 3000 ft. (JBingham); 

 Taunggyi, Southern Shan States (Thompson). 



I am not quite certain whether I have identified this species 

 correctly. I found a few attending some Aphides on a jungle- 

 plant at Maymyo and again at Taunggyi. 



409. Camponotus arrogans, Smith (Formica), Cat. vi (1858), p. 23, . 

 Camponotus maculatus, Fabr., race junctus, Forel, Jour. Bomb. 

 N. H. Soc. vii (1892), pp. 231 & 243, $ . 



maj. Head, node of the pedicel and abdomen very dark 

 brown or black ; flagellum of the antennae, thorax and legs 

 brownish red ; head and thorax very finely reticulate-punctvte, 

 subopaque ; abdomen shining, posterior margins of segments 

 testaceous. Head proportionately very large and massive, 2*5 mm. 

 wide at occiput and strikingly wider than the thorax; mandibles 

 with 7 teeth ; clypeus medially vertically carinate, median lobe as 

 in C. irritans, very short. Thorax short and narrow ; prothorax 

 rounded in front, about as broad as long ; legs short and stout, 

 tibia? cylindrical. Node of pedicel very broadly oval, not very 

 convex anteriorly ; abdomen short and somewhat narrow. * 



$ min. Smaller and more slender, similar in sculpture and 

 colour ; head oblong oval, narrowed at the occiput. Node of 

 pedicel proportionately narrower, subacuminate ; abdomen pro- 

 portionately longer and more massive. 



Lenr/th, maj. 89 ; min. 5-6'5 mm. 



Hal. Bengal (llothney) ; Burma ; Tenasserim (BinyJiam) ; the 

 Malay Peninsula (Brit. Mus.). 



A forest ant. I have compared specimens of C. maculatus, Fabr., 

 race junctus, Forel, in Mr. Kothney's collection, identified and 

 named by Dr. Forel, with the types of C. arrogant, Smith, in the 

 British Museum. The t\vo are identical. 



410. Camponotus pallidus, Smith (Formica), Proc. Linn. Soc. ii 



(1857), p. 57, $; id. Cat. vi (1858), p. 20, $; Fortl, Jour. Bomb. 



N. H. Sue. vii (1892), pp. 228 & 239, $ (rar. subnudus, Emery). 



Camponotus rubripes, JDrurt/, race subnudus, Emery, Ann. Mu*. 



Cw. Gen. xxvii (1889), p. 511, 5 . 



^ maj. Mandibles, scape of the antennae and head dark 

 brownish red, thorax, legs and node of the pedicel testaceous 

 yellow ; abdomen black ; pubescence sparse, erect, yellowish, only 

 the legs thickly set with erect yellow hairs. Head widely tri- 



