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angular, occiput deeply einarginate ; maudibles with 6 teeth ; 

 clypeus subcarinate, median lobe rectangularly produced. Thorax 

 elongate ; legs stout, tibia? subcylindrical. Node of pedicel slightly 

 convex in front, flat posteriorly, acuminate at apex ; abdomen oval, 

 somewhat large and massive proportionately. 



$ min. Similar, more slender; head rectangular, the sides 

 parallel, the occiput rounded and narrowed. Thorax more 

 elongate proportionately. Node of pedicel oval. 



Lenr/th, $ maj. 8-9 ; min. 5-6 mm. 



Hab. Burma (Allan} ; Teriasserirn (Bingham) ; the Malay 

 Peninsula and islands down to Borneo (Wallace). 



Described from the type in the British Museum. Except that 

 Burmese specimens are slightly larger and darker, there is no 

 difference, so far as I can see, between Smith's species and the 

 race or variety submidvs, Emery. 



411. CamponotUS badius, Smith (Formica), Proc. Linn. Soc. ii (1857), 



p. 54 : id. Cat. vi (1858), p. 22. 



$ maj. Head and abdomen black, maudibles, flagellum of the 

 antennae, thorax and legs reddish brown, shaded with fuscous on 

 the thorax above and on the tibiae of the legs. Head and thorax 

 subopaque ; abdomen smooth, shining. Pubescence sparse, erect. 

 Head a little longer than broad, the sides convex, the occiput very 

 slightly emarginate; mandibles with 7 teeth; clypeus broad, 

 tectiform, with a broad median lobe rectangularly produced, its 

 anterior margin denticulate. Thorax short and massive ; legs 

 short, the tibiae compressed and longitudinally channeled. Node 

 of pedicel thick, oval, convex anterioi'ly, flat posteriorly ; abdomen 

 comparatively broad and massive. 



min. Similar, more slender ; head similar to that of the maj., 

 not compressed or rounded posteriorly ; mandibles with 6 teeth ; 

 clypeus distinctly vertically carinate. Node of pedicel narrower. 



Length, $ maj. 7-8 ; min. 5-6 - 5 mm. 



Hal. Burma (Bingliam) : Ceylon ; Malacca ; Borneo (Brit. 

 Mus.}. 



Some specimens of the min. are entirely dark castaneous 

 brown aucl subopaque all over. 



412. CamponotUS oblongus, Smith (Formica), Cut.\i (1858), p. 21,$; 



Ford, Jour. Bomb. N. H. Soc. vii (1892), p. 227, $ . 



maj. Very dark brown, almost black, with a tint of reddish 

 on the prothorax in some specimens ; antennae and legs light 

 reddish yellow ; posterior margins of the abdominal segments 

 testaceous ; pubescence almost wanting, consisting of onlv a few 

 scattered erect hairs. Head large, massive, as broad anteriorly as 

 across the occiput, this latter emarginate, the lateral angles 

 rounded but prominent ; maudibles with 7 teeth ; clypeus broad, 

 subtectiform but not carinate ; median lobe short, anteriorly 



