OUR ANTS. 187 



145. Mon. mayri (Forel MS.). 

 Poona Districts. 



Thana Districts F. Gleadow. 



Tounglioo, Burma E. Y. Watson. 



I have never found a nest. M. mayri came to some jam I had put 

 down as bait in a nala ; Fheidole naoroji came at the same time, in 

 large numbers ; reinforcements of M. mayri were then sent for, 

 Pheidole beaten off, and the jam enjoyed without molestation, 

 except from me. 



146. Mon. latinode (Mayr). 

 Poona Districts. 



Mussoorie, N.-W. P. ; Calcutta, 1872 ,..G. A. J. Rothney. 



Orissa Jas. Taylor. 



I have always found it nesting underground ; Mr. Rothney found 

 it in a decayed tree trunk. 



147. Mon. wroughtoni (Forel MS.). 

 Poona Districts. 



I have only taken this species at sugar; it is very timid and 

 exceptionally nimble. 



148. Mon, orientak (Mayr). 



Calcutta, 1872 G. A. J. Rothney (type). 



149. Moyi. speculare (Mayr). 



Ceylon Major Yerbury. 



Calcutta G. A. J. Rothney. 



Major Yerbury writes : '' Nest on trunk of a tree resembled nest 

 '* built by many 'Hymenoptera, though substance of nest was decom- 

 *' posed horse dung, not mud." I have never come across any 

 attempt by Monomorium to ' build ' a nest, and think this must have 

 been an adopted and adapted nest. 



150. Monomorium sp. 



Poona Districts. 



Poona F. Gleadow. 



This is a microscopic yellow species. She came to jam on the same 

 occasion as M. mayri, mentioned above ; whatever the reason, she was 

 avoided by M. mayri and Pheidole alike ; she marched down, in a 

 column only, 30 or 40 strong, unmolested, through the fight raging 

 all round, ate her fill of jam, and marched off, unmolested, home. 



