1896.] HTMENOPTERA OF OBTLOW. 409 



Formica zonata, Gudr. Voy. Coq., Zool. ii. 205 J . 



Formica viridii, Kirby, Trans. Linn. Soc. xii. 477 2 • 



(Ecophylla smararfdina. Smith, Jour. Linn. Soc. v. (1861), 102, 

 1 ; Mayr, Verh. d. k.-k. /,ool.-bot. Ges. Wien, 1862, 695, 1 ; 

 Smith, Jour. Linn. Soc. xi. (1867), 319, 1 ; "Wroughton, Jour. 

 Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. vii. (1892), 39, 41 ; Forel, idem, viii. (1893), 

 400 ; Emery, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1893, 250. 



(Ecophylla virescens, Mayr, Verb. d. k.-k. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, 



1862, 695, 2. 



Trincomalee {Yerhury coll.); Pundaloya (Green coll.) ; Kandy ; 

 Colombo ; Nawalapitiya. 



Fabricius's ' Sysfcema Entomologise, sistens Insectorum Classes, 

 Ordines, Genera, Species etc.,' 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 PsBifOLBMS, Mayr. 



42. Prbnolbms LONSicoBNis (Latreille). 



Formica lonqicornis, Latr. Hist. Nat. Fourm. 113 5$ ; Smith, Cat. 

 Hym. Ins. B.M. vi. 31, 104. 



Formica vagans, Jerd. Madr. Jour. Lit, & Sci. 1851, 124 5 g ! 

 Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 2, xiii. (1854), 106, 39 ; Smith, Cat. 

 Hym. Ins. B. M. vi. 17, 59 ; Jour. Linn. Soc. xi. (1867), 303, 15. 



Formica gracilescens, Nyl. 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. Mosc. 



1863, 13 ; Smith, Jour. Linn. Soc. xi. (1867), 309. 



Prenolepis gracilescens, Mayr, Verb. d. k.-k. zool.-bot. Ges. 

 Wien, 1862, 698, 4 (No vara Exp. Ceylon). 



Prenolepis longicomis, Forel, Jour. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. viii. 

 (1893), 408, 1 ^ d ; Emery, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1893, 250, 49. 



Trincomalee ( Terhury coll.) ; Galle ; Colombo. 



43. Pbbnolepis tbebubii, Forel. 



Prenolepis yerburyi, Forel, Jour. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. viii. 

 (1893), 409, 3 ? !? ; Emery, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1893, 250, 50. 

 Nuwara Eliya {Terbury coll.). 



44. Pebnolepis indioa, Forel. 



Prenolepis indicd, Forel, Jour. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. viii. (1893), 

 409, 4$ (J. 

 . Trincomalee {Terbury coll.). 



