wheeler: i him m. wts. 531 



posterior border of th6 head is scarcely emarginate in the middle, the occipital 

 furrow i- distincl but there is no mediae furrow on the front. The inner 

 border of the mandibles bears eighl denticles, which diminish in Bize basally 

 where they are very Bmall. Of the three apical teeth the mosl basal is large, 

 rectangular and slightly Longer than broad. Petiole convex in from and 

 behind with short, Btout, : i ^ > 1 « * .- 1 1 spine. The body is smooth and shining, 

 except the front which has fine, posteriorly fanwise diverging rugae, and the 

 mesonotum and dorsum of the epinotum, which are finely, transversely 

 rugose. The pronotum, mesopleurae, and sides of the epinotum are entirely 

 smooth and Bhining Like the head. The posterior portion of the latter is very 



indistinctly and sparsely punctate. 'There are only a few hairs and 1 hey are 



on the gula, ventral surfaces of the mandibles, and posterior portion of the 

 gaster. Color brownish red; mandibles Blightly paler; gaster of the Bame 



color as the thorax bul Blightly darker above behind the first segment. Legs 

 brownish yellow. 



A single specimen from Mokanshan (Gee). 



This subspecies is both smaller and smoother than any of the 

 described forms of monticola and seems to be a northern and probably 

 depauperate race. Forel has described two additional varieties, 

 formosae and major, of the same species from Formosa, but both have 

 the posterior portion of the head distinctly striated, especially inajor, 

 which measures 13.5-13.6 mm. 



DORYLINAE . 



11. Aenictus fergusoni Forel. 

 Many workers from Mokanshan and Soochow (Gee). 



PSEUDOMYRMINAE 



12. Tetraponera binghami (Forel). 



Two workers and a female from Hong-kong (Terry). Known from 

 India, Burma, the Shan States, and Tenasserim. 



Myrmicinae. 

 13. Solexopsis SOOCHOWF.XSTS, gp. nov. 



Female. Length, 3.5-4 mm. 



Head a little longer than broad, subrect angular. Eyes rather small, just 

 in front of the median transverse diameter of the head. Anterior ocellus in a 



