1896, ] HYMENOPTERA OF CEYLON. 409 
Formica zonata, Guér. Voy. Coq., Zool. ii. 2059. 
Formica viridis, Kirby, Trans. Linn. Soc. xii. 4779. 
Ecophylla smaragdina, Smith, Jour. Linn. Soc. v. (1861), 102, 
1; Mayr, Verh. d. k.-k. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, 1862, 695, 1; 
Smith, Jour. Linn. Soe. xi. (1867), 319, 1; Wroughton, Jour. 
Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soe. vii. (1892), 39, 41; Forel, idem, viii. (1893), 
400; Emery, Ann. Soe. Ent. Fr. 1893, 250. 
Gcophylla virescens, Mayr, Verh. d. k.-k. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, 
1862, 695, 2. 
Trincomalee (Yerbury coll.) ; Pundaloya (Green coll.) ; Kandy ; 
Colombo; Nawalapitiya. 
Fabricius’s ‘ Systema Entomologie, sistens Insectorum Classes, 
Ordines, Genera, Species ete.,’ in which the name “ virescens” for 
the African species is published, bears date 1775; his ‘ Species 
Insectorum,’ in which the Asiatic species is described as “‘ smarag- 
dina,” is dated 1781, so that as the African and Asiatic species 
are now considered identical, the name “ virescens” has priority ; 
but as our Indian red ant is so well known under the name 
“ smaragdina,”’ it has been considered, apparently by both Forel 
and Emery, not advisable to change the specific denomination. 
Genus Prenoteris, Mayr. 
42, PRENOLEPIS LONGICORNIS (Latreille). 
Formica longicornis, Latr. Hist. Nat. Fourm. 113 8; Smith, Cat. 
Hym. Ins. B. M. vi. 31, 104. 
Formica vagans, Jerd. Madr. Jour. Lit. & Sci. 1851, 124 9 8; 
Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 2, xiii. (1854), 106, 39 ; Smith, Cat. 
Hym. Ins. B. M. vi. 17, 59; Jour. Linn. Soe. xi. (1867), 303, 15. 
Formica gracilescens, Ny]. Ann. Sci. Nat. v. (1856), 73. 
Tapinoma gracilescens, Smith, Cat. Hym. Ins. B. M. vi. 56, 4. 
Paratrechina vagabunda, Motsch. Bull. Soc. Imp. d. Nat. Mose. 
1863, 13; Smith, Jour. Linn. Soe. xi. (1867), 309. 
Prenolepis gracilescens, Mayr, Verh. d. k.-k. zool.-bot. Ges. 
Wien, 1862, 698, 4 (Novara Exp. Ceylon). 
Prenolepis longicornis, Forel, Jour. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soe. viii. 
(1893), 408, 18 3; Emery, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1893, 250, 49. 
Trincomalee (Yerbury coll.) ; Galle; Colombo. 
43, PRENOLEPIS YERBURYI, Forel. 
Prenolepis yerburyi, Forel, Jour. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. viii. 
(1893), 409, 39 3; Emery, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1893, 250, 50. 
Nuwara Eliya (Yerbury coll.). 
44, PrunoLeris rnpica, Forel. 
Prenolepis indica, Forel, Jour. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. viii. (1893), 
409,49 ¢. 
Trincomalee (Yerbury coll.). 
