On nett) species of Ants fmind in Southern India. 45 



had left the hands of the author, for they are written in quite a dif- 

 ferent hand. The generic names are in one or two instances 

 incorrectly written, and the numbers on the specimen pages are 

 often very carelessly placed on the wrong end of the paper, so 

 that the fish are seen on their back when the numbers are read ; 

 and they are frequently equally carelessly placed over the name 

 of the specimen written by the hand of the author in pencil on 

 each of the papers. Unfortunately these names, as well as being 

 so written over in a few instances^ have been obliterated by the 

 dust and rubbing of the papers against the sides of the box ; but 

 the illustrations generally enable one to determine the specimens 

 where the name has been so destroyed. 



The specimens are prepared after the manner described by the 

 uncle of the author, John Frederic Gronov, in a paper published 

 in the 42nd volume of the * Philosophical Transactions.^ They 

 are in a very good condition, showing that the plan is one well 

 adapted for the purpose of a collection of the smaller species of 

 fish. 



VII. — A Catalogue of the Species of Ants found in Southern 

 India. By T. C. Jerdon, Esq., Assistant Surgeon, Madras 

 Medical Establishment *. 



I HAVE been induced to pen the following brief account of the 

 Ants I have met with in Southern India, more with the view of 

 stimulating others to record their observations on any species 

 they may meet with, than under a sense of the value or com- 

 pleteness of the remarks contained herein. But no one, as yet, 

 having taken the initiative, I trust that any errors in the accom- 

 panying paper will be pardoned by the scientific entomologist at 

 home, and that the meagre details I have given will be improved 

 and rendered more faithful and complete by obseners in this 

 country. 



To assist any observers in this country, who may be able and 

 willing to aid science on this subject, I shall here present them 

 with a view of the classification of these interesting insects by 

 modern entomologists, so that they may be able, in describing 

 one which is deemed a novelty, to refer it to its place in the 

 system, even if its real genus be not satisfactorily made out, 

 which I fear will be too often the case, as I have experienced in 

 my attempts at naming those described in the following pages. 



Latreille, in the ' Regne Animal ' of Cuvier, places Ants as part 



* Kxtracted from the ' Madras Journal of Literature and Science ' for 

 1851, by Frederic Moore, Assistant, Museum, East India House. 



