54 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, 1892. 



species, at any rate^ are known to be blind. Their sting is most 

 powerful and quite as painful as that of a bee or wasp. 



82. B. tesserinoda (Mayr)* 



Kanara .....E. H. Aitken. 



Orissa Jas. Taylor. 



Calcutta Gr- A. J. Eothney. 



83. B.ruhiginosa {Majr). 

 Poona Districts. 



1 found a large community near Lanowli, but failed to feach tlie 

 main chamber of the nest, which was very deep down underground. 

 I saw no individuals outside the nest. This is a transition species 

 and might perhaps be better ckssed with Ponerai 



84. B, luteipes (Mayr). 



OoonoOr, Madras R. W. Daly. 



Dharmsala, Punjab Capt. Fulton. 



Mussoori, N-W.P * .....Gr. A.J. Rothney. 



85. B. rufi'pes (Jerdon). 



Kanara E. H. Aitken; G. D. Bell. 



Burma Major Bingham; E. Y. Watson. 



Orissa Jas. Taylor. 



1 have never seen this species in the Dekhan. The specimens 

 sent me have only been one, or, at most, two at a time, whence I 

 conclude that it is solitary in its foraging, like sulcata. Major Bing- 

 ham notes : ''Blows a whitish, acrid smelling, rather gelatinous froth 

 " when seized ;'' and this is confirmed by Mr. Taylor, who writes : 

 ** When irritated exudes a milky substance of a frothy nature which 

 " hardens on exposure to the air and resembles fine cotton ; it is 

 " called 'domona chunti^ or 'gendu,' the 'domonas^ being the weaver 

 " caste in Orissa." 



Gen. 20. DiACAMMA (Mayr). 

 Knot almost spherical, flat behind, bidentate ; claws simple, 

 second joint of antennse twice as long as the third. 



86. D. vagans (Smith). , 



Pegu, Burma Major Bingham, 



Calcutta; Madras G. A. J. Eothney. 



Mr. Rothney in his paper on Indian Ants, reprinted in this Journal, 



