OUR ANTS, 189 



by Dr. Forel under the name of Emeriya icroughtoni (a transla- 

 tion of the detailed description was pubKshed in this Journal). 

 Lately, Dr. Forel took, in South-Eastern Europe, a new species of 

 Cardiocondyla, and, associated with it, an abnormal ant, analogous to 

 Emeriya. Dissection of this ant showed it to be a $ , and the circum- 

 stances attending its capture point to it as the $ of Cardiocondyla ; 

 so that Emeriya is almost certainly the S of C. wroughfoni. This adds 

 a fresh case to the, already known, very rare ones of an apterous S ant. 



Gen. 39. Solenopsis (Westwood). 



Antennae, in the 5 , 10- jointed ; in the $ 11- jointed. 



160. S. geminata (Fab.). 



Calcutta G. A. J. Rothney. 



Myingyan, Burma ,.E. Y. Watson. 



Mr. Rothney says " sexes almost all the year round." 



161. S. geminata (Fab), var. arniata (Forel MS.). 



Bombay.... (Xmas, 1890, $, $ ). 



Myingyan, Burma ., E. Y. "Watson (variety). 



This is I think the commonest ant in Bombay ; its roads meander 

 all over the maidan, which is also dotted with the heaps of rejected 

 chaff thrown out from the nest. Out of Bombay I have found it 

 nowhere in this Presidency; possibly it is an imported species, 

 modified by its environment. As Mr. Rothney records of 8. geminata 

 proper that there seem to be sexes in the nest at all seasons ; I have 

 taken them in April, and at Xmas in the University Gardens, and 

 Mr. Gleadow took them at the Yacht Club early in November. In 

 habits and general organization of the community it strikingly resem- 

 bles Holcomyrmex. The variety sent from Burtna by Mr. Watson 

 would seem to be intermediate between this and S. gemJnata proper. 



Gen. 40, Pheidologeton (Mayr). 



Antennae 11- jointed, the last 2 joints forming the club ; metanotum 

 bidentate. There are no intermediate forms between the 5 and the 

 ^ ; but the 2- themselves vary very greatly in size. 



162. PA't ocellifer (Smith). 



Kanara E. H. Aitken ; H. Palliser (variety) . 



Burma Major C. T. Bingham (8-90, ? ). 



Barrackpore ., G. A. J. Rothney, 



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