a pal 



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a paler colour than those from India ; there is also a slight dif- 

 ference in the form of the curved spines which arm the node of 

 the abdomen, being parallel to each other full half of their length, 

 whilst in examples from India the spines diverge from their base. 



2. POLYRHACHIS HASTATA. PL IV. figS. 15, 16. B.M. 



Formica hastata, Latr. Hist. Nat. Fourm. 129. pi. iv. f. 23 . 

 St. Farg. Hym. i. 221. 29. 



Jerdon, Madr. Journ. Lit. 8f Sc. (1851) p. 126, & Ann. <V 

 Mag. Nat. Hist. 2nd ser. xiii. 109. 



Hab. India. 



3. POLYRHACHIS SEXSPINOSA. B.M. 



Formica sexspinosa, Latr. Hist. Nat. Fourm. 126. pi. iv. f. 21 5 . 

 St. Faro. Hym. i. 219. 26. 

 Guerin, Voy. de la Coq. ii. 204. pi. 8. f. 3 $ . 

 Jerdon, Madr. Journ. Lit. fy Sc. (1851) ; Ann. fy Mag. Nat. 

 Hist. 2nd ser. xiii. 109. 



Hab. India; Philippine Islands. 



4. POLYRHACHIS RELUCENS. B.M. 



Formica relucens, Latr. Hist. Nat. Fourm. 131. 



St. Farg. Hym. i. 220. 27. 



Jerdon, Madr. Journ. Lit. fy Sc. (1851) ; Ann. 8f Mag. Nat. 



Hist. 2nd ser. xiii. 109. 

 Polyrhachis relucens, Smith, Proc. Linn. Soc. ii. 59. 2. 



Hab. India; Borneo. 



5. POLYRHACHIS RASTELLATA. 



Formica rastellata, Latr. Hist. Nat. Fourm. 130 $ . 

 Hab. India. 



6. POLYRHACHIS NIDIFICANS. 



Formica nidificans, Jerdon, Madr. Journ. Lit. fy Sc. (1851) 125 ; 

 Ann. 4- Mag. Nat. Hist. 2nd ser. xiii. 108. 45. 



Hab. India (Malabar). 



7. POLYRHACHIS SYLVICOLA. 



Formica sylvicola, Jerdon, Madr. Journ. Lit. fy Sc. (1851) 126 ; 

 Ann. fy Mag. Nat. Hist. 2nd ser. xiii. 108. 46. 



Hab. India (in jungles). 



