378 FORMICID-E. 



sutures deeply impressed. Basal portion of the inetanotum sub- 

 margined, rectangular, a little longer than broad, the apical sloping 

 portion obliquely truncate, slightly concave, and submargined as 

 in C. reticulatus. Node of pedicel very low, very broad, twice as 

 broad as high, its upper margin obtuse, transverse ; node mode- 

 rately thick. Tarsi short. 



" Bather densely reticulate and subopaque, occiput and vertex 

 somewhat shining, feebly reticulate. Abdomen shining, rugulose. 

 Front of the head a little more deeply reticulate-punctate, some 

 large irregular fossae on the clypeus and a very few on the 

 cheeks. 



" Pilosity erect, yellowish, very sparse, very short and a little 

 obtuse, a row of hairs between the basal and apical portions of 

 the metanotum. Tibiae and scape with erect hairs or spines, with 

 a thin, very fine, recumbent pubescence, which is sfcill more sparse 

 elsewhere on the body. 



" Eeddish, abdomen black. Mandibles and the anterior margin 

 of the head dark brown. Node of the pedicel, coxae and femora 

 brownish. 



" $ min. Clypeus convex, somewhat distinctly carinate, lightly 

 emarginate in the middle anteriorly, without a lobe, and much 

 broader in front than posteriorly. Head broader in front than 

 posteriorly, where it is very obtuse. Scape long, extending beyond 

 the posterior angles of the head by a quarter of its own length. 

 Pronotum with distinct shoulders and a median longitudinal im- 

 pressed line. Upper portion oE the thorax more depressed than 

 in the maj. Mesonotum and the basal portion of the metanotum 

 distinctly submargined. This latter more elongate than in the 

 $ maj. 



" For the rest resembles the $ maj., but the upright hairs are 

 longer and more pointed and the colouring deeper. Head and 

 thorax of a deep brown ; scape, base of the flagellum and the legs 

 yellowish brown. Sculpture of the head not so distinct as in the 

 $ maj. Clypeus almost without the coarse punctures. Man- 

 dibles as in the <$ maj. but narrower. 



" $ . Resembles the maj., but the mandibles have, in addition, 

 somewhat distinct scattered punctures, and the cheeks are more 

 distinctly fossulate. Mesonotum densely reticulate-punctate, and 

 opaque. Metanotum strongly convex. The colour resembles 

 that of the $ maj., but the front of the head and the scutellum 

 are reddish, and the abdomen a reddish brown lighter than in 

 the $ Wings subhyaline, slightly yellowish. Nervures and 

 stigma of a pale yellow. The rest as in the $ . 



" Lenyth, $ maj. <r2 ; min. 4'8 ; $ 7'8 to 8 mm. 



"#&. Kanara, Western India (WrougTiton). 



" C. nirvance is close to C. variant. Eoger, but larger, with the 

 sculpture quite different." (Forel.} 



Unknown to me. 



