OUR ANTS. 53 



78 An. Taylori (Forel in M S.) 



Kondmals, Orissa Jas. Taylor (type). 



Writing of itsjumping powers^ Mr. Taylor says : — -"Ido not believe 

 *' this ant can jump. When held a short distance from any object 

 " upon which she wished to get, she could not do so unless her 

 " front legs could reach, but fell to the ground in the attempt. I 

 " tried over and over again with several specimens, always with the 

 " same result." 



79. An. Yerhuryi (Forel in MS.) 



Ceylon Major Yerbury (type). 



Gen. 18. Odontoponera (Mayr). 



Knot compressed posteriorly ; pro- and mesonotum 'toothed ' ; 

 claws simple; second and third joints of antennee equal. 



80. Odont. denticulata. 



Myingyan, Burma E. Y. Watson. 



Gen. 19. Bothroponera (Mayr.) 

 Knot cubico-globular ; claws simple ; second and third segments 

 of antennae sub-equal, last twice as long as the penultimate. 

 81. B. sulcata (Mayr). 



Poena District (6-11-89 6). 



Kanara E. H. Aitken. 



Salem, Madras A. Burroughs Sharpe. 



Travancore H. S. Ferguson. 



Thana Districts F. Gleadow. 



Kondmals, Orissa Jas. Taylor. 



Madras G. A. J. Rothney. 



This is a very common species. The nest is always under a stone, 

 but usually reaches a considerable depth underground. Solitrry 

 individuals may constantly be found roaming apparently aimlessly 

 among the grass, or carrying home prey (a dead beetle or what not) 

 in the usual ponerine way. Their sense of locality seems feeble, 

 and they behave exactly as libellously predicated of ants in general 

 by Mark Twain. The probable explanation is that the Poneridce are 

 normally nocturnal in their habits ; the best provided have fewer 

 facets in their eyes than other ants, while the § of some European 



