182 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, 1892. 



but witli H. scahriceps. I saw a migration of this species, on one 

 occasion, in April ; there were plenty of ? , but only one 6 . This is 

 curious, as, usually, there are plenty of 6 in an ants' nest before the 

 first 9 is hatched. I took the sexes swarming in June. 



128. E. glaher (Andre). 

 Poona Districts. 



This and the next are cretin forms of Holeomyrmex. H. glaber is 

 small, bleached, and feeble-looking ; her nest is placed under a stone, 

 and extends to no depth. There are no roads and no sign of life 

 outside the nest and no grain-refuse at the entrance, but the 

 chambers contain grain. 



129. H. glaher (Andre) ; race dara (Forel MS.). 

 Poona Districts. 



H. dara is very like H. glaber proper, but still more feeble, 



130. Holeomyrmex, sp. 



Travancore H. S. Ferguson, 



This species has not yet received her " given name.'* 



Gen. 33. Aphcenogaster (Mayr). 



AntennsB much as in Holeomyrmex ; abdomen not truncate at the 

 base. 



131. Aph. beccarii {Emery). 

 Poona Districts. 



Kanara E. H. Aitken (variety). 



A. beccarii is common enough all over the moist zone of the Dekhan, 

 but I have only once found a nest, a mere depression under a stone, 

 containing larvae and pupae, but no sexes, not even an apterous $ . 

 The S comes freely to the light during March, April, and May. 

 The shape of this ant is very characteristic ; it looks like two small 

 shiny black beads, joined by a black line (about j inch long, over 

 all) and mounted on long legs. The ^ moreover has a curious way 

 of walking about on tip-toe with the abdomen tucked forward under 

 the thorax. In many ways A. beccarii is ponerine in her habits; for 

 instance, a § never seems to call for help from her companions, but 

 rather to desert a prey which happens to be too large for her own 

 unaided powers. She never, however, carries a load in the ponerine 



