JOURNAL 



OF THE 



ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL. 



Part II.— NATURAL SCIENCE. 



No. III.— 1886. 



XI. — Indian Ants of the Indian Museum, Calcutta. No. 2. — By Pro- 

 fessor August Foeel, Zurich. Communicated by the Natural 

 History Secretary. 



[Received May 20th ;— Read June 3rd, 1886.] 



I. Subfamily Camponotidse. 

 Genus Camponotus. 



1. C. sylvaticus, Oliv., subsp. C. cognatus, Sm., var. e. Also found 

 in Sibsagar (Assam) and in Sind. 



2. C. MicANS, Nyl., $ and 9 , Variety of colour : the body, the 

 legs, and the antennae are partially or totally reddish brown or pale 

 ferruginous. Sibsagar. 



3. C. GiGAS, Latr. (Hist. nat. Fourmis), 5. Joliore, Malay Penin- 

 sula. 



4. C. sexguttatus, Fab. (Ent. Syst. II. 354.) 



Subsp. C. exiguoguttatus, n. st. This subspecies resembles also 

 C. cingulatus, Mayr, but cingulatus has long, quite erect hairs on the tibiae 

 and scapi. 



?. Length 5. 3 — 8. 3 millims. Narrow, like the G. sexguttatus, i. 

 sp., and C. cingulatus. Clypeus slightly carinate, very slightly and 

 shortly lobate anteriorly, hardly emarginate in the middle of its anterior 

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