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435. Camponotus yerburyi, Ford. 



Camponotus reticulatus, Roger, race verburyi, Forel, Jour. Bomb. 

 N. H. Soc. vii (1893), p. 431, $ . 



$ maj. Dull black, rather coarsely but sparsely punctured and 

 covered with short stiff white hairs ; mandibles, antennae and legs 

 reddish brown, posterior margins .of the abdominal segments 

 broadly transparent white. Head seen from in front rectangular, 

 as broad in front as posteriorly ; mandibles short, with teeth ; 

 clypeus indistinctly carinate dowai the middle, median lobe slightly 

 produced, emarginate anteriorly. Thorax comparatively very 

 broad across the pro- and mesonotum and basal half of metanotum ; 

 apical half of metanotum obliquely truncate ; legs short and stout, 

 tibia? cylindrical. Node of pedicel laminate, broad, flatter in front 

 than posteriorly ; abdomen short and broad. 



min. Similar ; head smaller, more oval, narrowed posteriorly ; 

 mandihles, antennae, legs and abdomen reddish brown. 



Length, maj. 5-5-5 ; min. 4-4*5 mm. 



Hab. Ceylon (Terbury}. 



436. Camponotus reticulatus, Roger, Berl. ent. Zeit. vii (1863), 



p. 139, ; Forel, Jour. Bomb. N. H. Soc. vii (1892), p. 224, $ . 



$ maj. Brownish red, opaque and granulate, studded sparsely 

 with short, erect, white hairs, the abdomen with transverse white 

 semi-transparent bands at the junctions of the segments. Head 

 longer than broad, as broad in front as posteriorly, the occipital 

 angles not prominent, rounded, but the occiput transverse ; man- 

 dibles with 5 teeth ; clypeus narrow, slightly convex, not carinate, 

 and with no distinct lobe. Thorax broad ; the pro- and mesonotum 

 large, the basal half of the metanotum slightly flat and depressed, 

 its sides finely longitudinally striate. apical half obliquely truncate ; 

 legs stout, tibiae cylindrical. Node of pedicel thick, transverse 

 above, convex posteriorly ; abdomen elongate, massive. 



$ min. Similar, more slender ; head smaller and more oval ; 

 clypeus tectiform. Node of pedicel not so thick. 



Length, $ wy. 6 ; min. 4 mm. 



Hab. Ceylon ( Terbury). M. Forel has separated a variety under 

 the name C. reticulatus var. latitans. 



437. Camponotus wroughtoni, Forel, Jour. Bomb. N. H. Soc. vii 

 (1893), p. 430, 9 . 



maj. Dark castaneous brown ; legs slightly lighter in colour, 

 posterior margins of the abdominal segments testaceous ; head, 

 thorax and abdomen glabrous, shining. Head almost square, 

 as broad at the articulation of the mandibles as across occiput ; 

 mandibles short and broad, teeth almost obsolete ; clypeus with a 

 very distinct medial vertical carina, median lobe slightly produced, 

 rounded in front. Thorax short and comparatively broad ; legs 



