12 SECOND YARKAND MISSION. 



pale ferruginous, the rest fusco-ferruginous ; the head longitudinally but irregularly striated, 

 the striae at its sides formed of confluent punctures. Thorax longitudinally striated, oblong- 

 ovate, and having a longitudinal ferruginous space above, enclosed by a black margin ; the 

 sides and beneath ferruginous; the metathorax with two short, stout, acute, compressed 

 spines ; the legs pale ferruginous. Abdomen globose, smooth and shining ; the first node 

 of the petiole wedge-shaped when viewed sideways, and coarsely rugose, the second node 

 globose and sub-rugose. The scape of the antennae in this species is bent and slender at the 

 base as in the M. ruginodis of Europe, which it closely resembles ; it is, however, a rather 

 smaller insect. Eemale, length 2f lines. 

 Hab. No precise locality indicated. 



31. MYRMICA LTJCTTJOSA. 



Mas. M. niger, nitidiusculus ; mandibulis, antennis, pedibusque, necnon capite thorace- 

 qne, sordide pallescentibus ; alis hyalinis, nereis rufo-pallidis. 



Black ; head and thorax longitudinally striated ; the metathorax with transverse curved 

 striae, and with two stout compressed spines, its apex obscurely rufo-piceous ; the club of the 

 antennae paler than the rest of the antennae. The wings pale fulvo-hyaline and iridescent ; 

 the stigma and nervures pale ferruginous ; the legs long and slender, with the apical joints of 

 the tarsi pale testaceous. Abdomen smooth and shining, and with a few scattered pale hairs ; 

 the nodes of the abdomen rugose, the first oblong, the second globose. Male, length 2f lines. 



Mab. Murree (Mari), Punjab hills. 



32. MYRMICA BREVICEPS. 



Pemina. M. sordide rubida; mandibulis, antennis, pedibusque pallide ferrugineis ; 

 capite thoraceque longitudinaliter profunde striatis ; abdomine rufo-nigro, nitido. 



Ruf o-f erruginous ; the head strongly longitudinally striated; a small smooth shining 

 space at the base of the clypeus, which is deeply longitudinally grooved ; the mandibles 

 striated. Thorax above with a black patch on each side of the mesothorax, and another at 

 the anterior portion ; the metathoracic spines short, stout and acute. The first node of the 

 abdomen longitudinally rugose, the second transversely so ; the abdomen smooth and shining, 

 ferruginous at the base ; the rest dark rufo-fuscous, nearly black, and with scattered erect 

 pubescence. Eemale, length 2J lines. 



Hab. No locality or date. 



This insect very closely resembles two or three of the British species, particularly 

 Myrmica sulcinodis ; its head is, however, shorter than that of the British insect. 



33. CREMATOGASTER APICALIS. 



. Femina. C. pallide castaneo-ruf us, Icevis, nitidus ; abdomine apiceni versus nigrescente ; 

 alls hyalinis. 



Rufo-castaneous, smooth, shining and impunctate ; the eyes, margins of the mandibles, 

 and the anterior margin of the clypeus narrowly black ; the clypeus finely longitudinally 



