1885.] A. Forel — hulian Ants of the Indian Museum, Calcutta. 177 



Genus Acantholepis. 

 Mayr, Europ. Formic. 1861. 



8. AcANTHOLEPis FRAUENPELDi, Mayr (Form. Austr. 1851), 5 • 

 This species has been hitherto known only from the Mediterranean 



country, Aden, Turkestan, and Persia. The specimens from Calcutta 

 would belong to the variety hiiJartita, Smith (Proc. Lin. Soc. Zool. 

 1861) ; but the body is of a dark brown-blackish colour. They are large 

 (3 millims.) and opaque. 



The mesothorax of this genus is much narrowed in the middle, 

 like the waist of a slender lady. 



II. Subfamily Dolichoderidae. 



Forel, Zeitsclir. f. wiss. Zool. xxx, Suppl. 1878. 

 No representative of this subfamily was among the ants sent from 

 Calcutta. 



III. Subfamily Poneridae. 



Smith, Cat. Brit. Hym. 1851. 



Genus PONERA. 



Latreille, Gen. Crust, et Ins. 1806-1809. 



9. PoNERA TESSERiNODA, Mayr (Verhandl. k. k. zool. -hot. Ges. 

 Wien, 1878, nee Emery, Ann. Mus. Civ. Genov. IX, 1876-77), ^ . 



10. PoNERA LUTEiPES, Mayr (Myrmecol. Studien, 1862), 5 . 



Genus Diacamma. 

 Mayr, Myrmec. Studien, 1862. 



11. Diacamma vagans, Smith (Journ. Linn. Soc. Zool. Y, 1860, 

 Roger (Berl. ent. Zeitschr. 1860, p. 304), g . 



Genus Lobopelta. 

 Mayr, Myrmec. Studien, 1862. 



12. Lobopelta chinensis, Mayr (Neue Formiciden, 1870), ^. 

 The specimen from Calcutta is only 8.5 millims. in length. Mayr's 



specimens were larger (9. 5 — 10 millims.). 



13. Lobopelta kittelt, Mayr (Neue Formiciden, 1870), ^ . 



IV. Subfamily Dorylidse. 



Shuckard, Ann. of Nat. Hist, v, 1840. 



Genus Ttphlopone. 

 Westwood, InVod. Class. Ins. 1840. 



14. Ttphlopone oraniensis, Lucas (Expl.de I'Algerie, 1840-42), g . 

 This species has been hitherto known only from Northern Africa 



and from Asiatic Turkey. The specimens from Calcutta are quite 

 identical with specimens from Algeria and Palestina in my collection. 



