CAMPONOTUS. 



371 



sparsely, thorax and abdomen somewhat densely pubescent, pubes- 

 cence erect on head and thorax, ob- 

 lique and recumbent on the abdomen, 

 of a yellowish-red colour. Head very 

 large, very convex on the sides, occi- 

 put emarginate, lateral angles very 

 prominent ; clypeus not carinate, 

 slightly convex and bi-emarginate 

 anteriorly. Thorax very broad in 

 front, suddenly laterally compressed 

 posteriorly, only slightly arched above, 

 the posterior half of the metanotuin 

 suddenly and obliquely truncate ; legs 

 stout, tibia? slightly flattened and 

 longitudinally channeled. Node of 

 pedicel comparatively thick ; abdomen 

 short, broadly oval. 



g . Similar, slighter, head much 

 smaller proportionately, clypeus tecti- 

 form, slope of metanotum less steep, 



femora and tibiae strongly compressed. 



Length, $ maj. 11-13 ; $ min. 8-10 mm. 



Bab. The Karen and Shan hills, Burma (Bingham), extending 



through China to Japan. 



Fig. 117. Camponotus 

 japonicus, maj. 



434. Camponotus radiatus, Ford, Jour. Bomb. N. H. Soc. vii (1892), 

 pp. 225 & 233, ? . 



$ maj. Unknown. 



min. Jet-black, densely opaque, with a granular appearance, 

 clothed scantily with hoary white erect hairs, chiefly on the pos- 

 terior portion of the thorax, the node of the pedicel and abdomen; 

 on the node of the pedicel they form a fringe radiating outwards 

 in a circle ; underneath this is a denser but still widely spaced 

 covering of very short yellowish-white hairs all over the head, 

 thorax and abdomen. Head somewhat square, a little broader 

 posteriorly than in front ; mandibles with 5 teeth ; clypeus tecti- 

 form, with a very shortly produced median lobe. Thorax rather 

 broad, pronotum depressed, rounded in front, metanotum truncate 

 posteriorly ; legs comparatively long, the tibia prism -shaped. 

 Node of pedicel cuneiform, broadly oval ; abdomen broad, slightly 

 depressed and massive. 



Length, min. 5'5 mm. 



Hob. Western India, Kanara ( Wrought**). 



This species is very closely allied to C. carltonariug, Latr., which 

 is unknown to me, but the description of which is quoted by 

 M. Forel. 



