WHKKI.KU: rilK ANTS OK liOHNKO. Ill 



GiLstcr very Imift aiui narrow , hncidcsl m tlic iiii<i«ll<-, llic* IkusuI half ftinin-il 

 by tlio firnt sctEinciit. (!«'iiilal ai>|N-ruiuK«'»< kiuiiII ami n-lracttMl. I>'Hm ruthi-r 

 long Htul siciuicr. 



Sliiniiip; niaixiihU-s very sparsely, coarsely, and irrenularly |>iin<-(a(4v 

 ('ly|)eus fivlily striolate. Ileaii finel\ an<l ratlier renularly lonniliidinally 

 rugose on the front, irregularly pnnetate-ni^ulose Uehind. 'i'horax eoarsely 

 and transversely fovi-olute alon^ t lie sutures and Mayrian furrows and coarsely 

 and simrsely foveolate on the surfaces of the sclerit«-s. I'mnotuni longitudi- 

 nally rugose. Base of epinotuni coarsely and verniiculately rugose, the 

 declivity finely and ilensely punctatt^ruKuIose. IVtiole ai)ove with a few 

 strctng, undulating longitudinal rugae, lu'coniing mure reticulate on the Hides. 

 Postix'tiole, gaster, and legs smooth, with minute, sparse. piligcroiLs punctures. 



Hairs as in the worker, and most abundant on the apii-al portion of the g:i,ster. 



Black; mandihles, genitalia, and tijis of tarsi re<ldish. Wings grayish 

 hyaline, with large black ptcrostigma and dark brown veins. 



Described from a .sinj;k' specimen, wliieli iinist, I i»clic\c, represent 

 the hitherto imknown male of C autntnatus though the sculpture of 

 the liead, thorax, and petiole is verv difTerent fntni that of the worker. 



*2. Myopopone castaxea Smith 9 . 

 3. Platythyrea pusilla Emery 9 {Ante, p. 50). 



*4. BOTHROPOXERA .SANDAK.\NA, Sp. nov. 



Female. Length about 14 mm.; wing.s 11 mm. 



Allied to Tufipes Jerdon and inmdaris Ernen*'. Head, excluding the mandi- 

 bles, broader than long and con.siderably broader behind than in front, with 

 broadly excavated posterior bonier and nearly straight sides. Posterior 

 orbits of the moderately large and convex eyes at the median transverse 

 diameter of the head. Mandibles large and rather convex above, not flattened 

 as in rufipes, their apical borders finely and rather evenly serrate. Cl>7>eus 

 short, strongly carinate, truncated anteriorly in the middle; the anterior border 

 entire, straight, and transverse. Antennae short and stout, scapes reaching 

 nearly to the middle of the occipital border, all the funicular joints, except the 

 fii-st and last, distinctly broader than long. Thorax through the wing-inser- 

 tions a little narrower than the head. Epinotum sharply angular in profile, 

 the base feebly convex and distinctly shorter than the concave, sloping de- 

 clivity, which has a marked, crenulate border, both above and on the sides. 

 Petiole higher than thick, as thick above as Ijelow, truncated in front and be- 

 hind, convex above and on the sides, the posterior surface slightly concave 

 but with its superior border merely sub marginate and not denticulate. Gaster 

 and legs of the usual form. 



