FASCICULI MALATENSES 

 ODONTOMACHUS, Latr. 



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5. Odontomachus haematoda 



Formica haematoda, Linn. Syst. Nat. Ed. 10, i, 1758, p. 582, $ • 



Biserat, Jalor. October. 

 1 Nest under fallen tree.' 



Found throughout the greater part of the Indo-Malayan region. Has 

 a wide distribution, extending to Africa, and even to America. 



6. Odontomachus rixosus 



Odontomachus rixosus, Smith, Journ. Linn. Soc. ii (1857), p. 64, $ . 



Kampong, Jalor. November. 

 Bukit Besar, Nawngchik. 2,500 feet. October. 



Found also in Assam, Burma, Sumatra, and Java. 



LOBOPELTA, Mayr. 



7. Lobopelta distinguenda 



Lobopelta distinguenda, Emery, Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xxv (1887), p. 430, 

 pi. i, fig. 4. 



Bukit Besar, Nawngchik. 2,500 feet. May. 



'Malay name '* Semut api." '' I believe the red tree ant (Oecophylla 

 maragdind) is also called ' Semut api,' or * fire-ant ' by the Malays. 



ODONTOPONERA, Mayr. 



8. Odontoponera transversa 



Ponera transversa, Smith, Journ. Linn. Soc. ii (1857), p. 68, g • 

 Odontoponera transversa, Forel, Journ. Bomb. N. H. Soc. xiii (1900), p. 314, g 



Mabek, Jalor. _ July. 

 Bukit Besar, Nawngchik. August. 



'Taken off inflorescence of tree in jungle.' 



I. The native names are often very local, and are user somewhat indiscriminately. — Edd. 



