OUR ANTS. 183 



fashion. It is curious that this markedlj- carnivorous species should 

 have been bracketted, in the same g-enus with the next species but 

 one, which is exclusively a vegetarian, and even a harvester ; it is 

 now proposed to separate these latter into a new genus Messor. 

 Mr. Aitken sent me a fine red-headed variety of A. heccarii from 

 Kanara. 



132. AphcBHog aster, sp. 



Lahoul Major Sage (8-91, ^, ?). 



This new species was brought from Lahoul by Major Sage, but 

 has not yet been named by Dr. Forel. 



133. Aph. fMessm^J barharus (Linn.), 



Var. a — Dharamsala, Punjab Major Sage. 



Rai Bareilli, Oudh ..., Dr. Simpson. 



Var. b — Rai Bareilli, Oudh Dr. Simpson. 



Var. c — Dharamsala, Punjab Major Sage. 



Var. d — Mount Abu, Rajputana F. Gleadow. 



Vars, e and/ — Agra ; Delhi ; Lahore ; 



Benares; Mussoorie, N.-W.P G, A. J. Rothney, 



This seems to be a most variable species. Major Sage notes it as 

 harvesting seeds. This species, with a number of ' races ' and 

 'varieties,' is found in Egypt, Tunis, &c., where it apparently 

 behaves exactly like our Hokomyrmex. Mr. Rothney writes of 

 variety e (/ was taken at Mussoorie) which Dr. Forel has 

 provisionally named var. punctatics : " This ant, like the bee 

 Apis dorsata, seems to have a great liking for the bmldings of the old 

 Moghul Emperors ; the bee frequenting the roofs, the ant the steps. 

 You can always find this species in the Taj gardens, Secundra, 

 Itmad-ud-Daulah (Agra), under the great gateway of Fatehpore 

 Sikri at Tughlukabad (Delhi), Shah Dara of Jehangir (Lahore), and 

 the Man Mandir (Benares). It will always be associated in my 

 mind with the "Lions of the North- West." 



Gen. 34. Myrmicarta (Saunders). 



Antennae 7-jointed. 



134. Myr. mbcarinata (Emery). 

 Poena Districts. 



Kanara E. H, Aitken, T. D. Bell, H. Palliser. 



