CAMPONOTUS. 359 



transverse. Thorax short, broad and robust ; legs stout, tibiie 

 cylindrical. Node of pedicel thick, convex in front, flat posteriorly ; 

 abdomen broad and massive. 



min. Similar ; much smaller, slighter, and lighter in colour. 

 Head not narrowed posteriorly ; clypeus more distinctly tectiform ; 

 mandibles with 6 teeth. 



Length, $ maj. 8-9 ; g min. 5-5-6 mm. 



Hal. India, Bhutan (Calcutta Mas.}-, Sikhim (Moller}; Assam 

 (Smythies) ; Burma ; Siam (Bincjham). 



413. Camponotus variegatus, Smith (Formica), Cat. vi (1858), 



p. 19, $$. 



maj. Yellowish red without lustre, head and abdomen f uscous, 

 flagellum of the antennae and legs paler than thorax ; pubescence 

 pale yellow, sparse and erect. Head stibtriangular, rather elongate, 

 the posterior lateral angles not prominent : mandibles with 6 teeth ; 

 clypeus tectiform, median lobe very short. Thorax narrow, rather 

 compressed ; legs long, comparatively fine and delicate, tibiae 

 cylindrical. Node of the pedicel small, remarkably thick, very 

 convex in front, flat posteriorly ; abdomen broadly oval. 



min. Similar, smaller and more slender, head and abdomen 

 only a shade darker than the thorax ; mandibles with 5 teeth. 



.9 . Testaceous yellow all over, mandibles red-brown, scape of 

 the antennae fuscous ; abdomen with the apical margins of the 

 segments dark brown, giving it a cross-barred appearance. Head, 

 thorax and abdomen finely and densely reticulate-punctate. 



Length, $ maj. 9-10 ; '$> min. 6-7 ; $ 13 mm. 



Hal). Ceylon (apud Smith) ; Upper Burma, Ruby Mines District 

 (Binghani) ; the Shan States (Thompson) ; Maymyo, 3000 ft, 

 (Si>n/ihies) ; Singapore (apud Smith). 



414. Camponotus buddhae, Forel, Jour. Bomb. N. H. Soc. vii (1892), 



pp. 227 & 238, . 



" media. Head rectangular, with the posterior margin trans- 

 verse and the posterior angles rounded ; length of scape 1*9 mm., 

 of posterior tibia 2mm. Mandibles armed with 6 teeth more or 

 less worn (obtuse), very finely reticulate-striate, somewhat shining, 

 profusely punctured, moderately curved on the external margin. 

 Clypeus'carinate, with a trapeziform anterior lobe, the margin in 

 front shorter than the margin at base, and furnished with stiff 

 hairs. Frontal area rather wide. Antennal carintc divergent. 



" Thorax moderately arched, wide in front, compressed poste- 

 riorly. The sloping face of the metanotum not distinct, about as 

 long as half the basal portion. Node of pedicel narrow, oval, bicon- 

 vex, thick, with an obtuse margin, which is narrow at the summit. 

 Tibhe nearly cylindrical (a little compressed) without spines. 



" Shining, very finely and feebly rugulose. A superimposed 

 coarse punctation is spread all over the head, somewhat more 

 abundant posteriorly than in front. On the thorax and abdomen 



