CAXirONOTUS. Ijfiy 



2 . Very similar to the maj. ; mesonotum in front and scutelluin 

 very gibbous. Node of pedicel much wider; abdomen very 

 massive and heavy. . 



Length, $ maj. 17-21 ; min. 12-15 ; $ 18 mm. 

 Hab. Western and Central India (Jenlo)i, Wroughton) Assam 

 (Smythies) ; Burma, Maymyo, 3000 ft., and the plateaux in the 

 Shan States (Bingham). In Assam and Burma the black form is 

 replaced by var. sanguinolentus, Forel, varying in colour from a 

 light yellowish red to a deep maroon-red, with, in some of the 

 maj., a black head and legs. 



427. Camponotus invidus, Forel, Jour. Jtomb. A". H. Soc. vii ( !8!>->) 



pp. '225 & 234, . 



min. Pale yellow, with very sparse erect yellowish pubes- 

 cence. Head from in front more or less elongate oval, the 

 occiput somewhat constricted, sides of the head straight not 

 convex ; mandibles with 6 teeth ; clypeus comparatively broad, 

 medial carina indistinct ; median lobe scarcely produced ; antennas 

 comparatively long and thick. Thorax very convex anteriorly, 

 giving a high-shouldered look to the insect, strongly laterally 

 compressed posteriorly, with the pro-, meso- and metanotum more 

 strongly curved than in most species ; legs stout, tibiae cylindrical. 

 Node of the pedicel low, convex in front, Hat posteriorly ; abdo- 

 men comparatively long and massive. 



Length, $ min. 5-6 mm. 



Hah. Orissa (Taylor). 



The maj., $ and <3 are unknown. 



428. Camponotns binghami, Forel, Jour. omb. X.H. Soc. viii (1894), 



p. 898, min. ; Ann. Soc. Ent. Belye, xlvi (1902), p. i>8-3, inaj. 



" $ maj. Head absolutely rectangular, emarginate in front and 

 at back, longer by a good fourth than broad, subtruucate in front. 

 Mandibles armed with 6 teeth, punctured, striate or shagreened and 

 opaque towards their base. Median portion of the clypeus much 

 longer than broad, enlarged posteriorly where its sides are convex, 

 impressed in front, and feebly grooved in the middle of its posterior 

 half. Eyes somewhat in front of the posterior third of the head. 

 Mesonotum very distinct, submargined. Node of the pedicel 

 thick, but less obtuse on its upper margin than in the $ *' 

 Front of the head reticulate-punctate, opaque, studded with large 

 elongate punctures irregular and piligerous, abundantly covered 

 with short, thick, obtuse yellow hairs, which are less abundant 

 on the $ min. Clypeus 'and cheeks yellowish red; antenna; 

 entirely brown, except at the base of the scape which is reddish. 

 Head less pubescent than in the mm. For the rest resembling 

 the latter." (Ford.) 



$ min. Black ; the mandibles, antennae and legs dark cnstu- 

 neous brown, the whole insect covered with a fairly dense, short, 



