34 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, 1892. 



Kondmals, Orissa Jas. Taylor, 



Trincomalee, Ceylon Major Yerbury. 



Madras ; Colombo G. A. J. Rothney. 



A wide-spread and common species but timid and retiring. At first 

 sip'htj it looks more like a Polyrachis than a Oamponotus. The com- 

 munities are usually small, and the g do not seem to differ so much 

 in form, as in other species, or perhaps it is that the ^ major are 

 rare. The nest is subterranean, and not always easy to find; it ia 

 generally furnished with a built-up tubular entrance, rising less 

 than an inch above the surface ; this porch is built of minute pieces 

 of grass, worked up with mud, and, to my mind, seems to fore- 

 shadow the building geuius of the next genus. Mr. Aitken writes 

 to me of this species. " Found crossing dusty roads siuglj^, and 

 " apparently without object. Nest, a hole in open sandy plains ; 

 " cannot be dug up, because the loose sand rolls down, and 

 " obliterates everything ; the ants must plaster the inside, or line 

 " it with silk. They bring out the sand, oue grain at a time, 

 " woi'king in great haste. The entrance is a very small hole. 

 " This is one of the commonest ants in Kanara, but I never saw it 

 " carrying anything, and fancy it lives on vegetable juices, or 

 " aphides." 



18. C. camelinus (Smith), var : singularis (Smith). 

 Burm a Maj or Bingham. 



Major Bingham took this species in the Pegu Hills in April, 1889. 



19. G. BuddlicB. (Forel in M S.) 

 Lahoul, Thibet Major Sage. 



Major Sage brought back a single specimen from Lahoul. 



Gen. 2. Calobopsis (Mayr). 



In contradistinction to the trapeziform epistome of Camponotus, 



this genus has the borders of the epistome practically parallel; it is 



moreover characterized by the peculiar truncate appearance of the 



fore part of the head, this peculiarity is especially noticeable in the 



5 major. 



20. Col. pubeseens (Mayr). 



Mo almain, Burma Major Bingham. 



Major Bingham writes : "Emits an acrid white froth when seized 

 like Bothroiionera riifi^es." 



