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HYMENOPTERA. 



Species of India and East India Islands. (Sp. 4-25.) 



4. PONERA SCULPTA. 



Pouera sculpta, Jerdon, Madr. Journ. Lit. ^- Sci. p. 117 $ ; Ann. 

 SfMag. Nat. Hist. xiii. 101 (1854). 



Hub. Malabar. 



Mr. Jerdon says this is one of the commonest species of Ant 

 in Malabar, extending from the level of the sea up to the top of 

 the Neilgherries. It lives in the ground in small societies, often 

 making its nest in a flower-pot, occasionally under a large stone. 

 It does not work in concert, bemg generally seen solitary. It 

 lives on animal substances, but apparently will occasionally take 

 vegetable substances. 



5. PoNERA STENOCHEILOS. 



Ponera stenocheilos, Jerdon, Madr. Journ. Lit. Sf Sci. 118 ; Ann. 

 4- Mag. Nat. Hist. xiii. 101 (1854). 



Hab. Malabar. 



6. PoNERA PROCESSIONALIS. 



Ponera processionalis, Jerdon, Madr. Journ. Lit. ^ Sci. 1 18 ; 

 Ann. 4" Mag. Nat. Hist. xiii. 102 (1854). 



Hab. India. 



Of this species Mr. Jerdon says, " I have met with this species 

 over most of India. It lives in the ground in very numerous 

 societies, and is most frequent in jungly districts ; occasionally 

 a vast column of them, 3 or 4 feet deep, may be seen crossing a 

 road, and I have traced the column for forty and fifty yards. It 

 stings very severely." 



7. PoNERA AFFINIS. 



Ponera affinis, Jerdon, Madr. Journ. Lit. Sf Sci. 118; Ann. S)- 

 Mag. Nat. Hist. xiii. 102 (1854). 



Hab. Malabar. 



8. PoNERA PUMILA. 



Ponera pumila, Jerdon, Madr. Journ. Lit. Sf Sci. 119] Ann. ^• 

 Mag. Nat. Hist. xiii. 102 (1854). 



Hab. Malabar. 



9. PONERA SCALPRATA. PI. VI. figS. 21, 22. B.M. 



Length 6i lines. — Black : the head longitudinally striated ; 



