HYMEIS^OPTEEA. 
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27. Eohmica pkaterna. 
Operaria.— F. rufo-fusca, sparse 'pilosula; mcmdihuUs, antennarum scapis, flagellorum 
basi, pedibusque pallide rufescentibus ; area frontali opaca. 
The insect covered with a fine grey pile; the anterior part of the head rufo-testaceons, 
the mandihles ferruginous; the scape of the antennse and a few of the basal joints of the 
flagellum pale ferruginous; the legs and scale of the peduncle entirely of that colour; 
the scale rounded above. The base of the abdomen in some examples more or less tinged 
with ferruginous; the abdomen with a few scattered pale setae. Worker, length 2f to 3 lines. 
Kah. —No precise locality indicated. 
This species very closely resembles the Formica cuniciilaria of Europe, hut its pale legs 
give it a different aspect. 
28. Eoemica deeensoe,. 
Operaria.— F. riifo-ferruginea, IcBvissime cinereo-micans; fronts abdominequefusco-nigris; 
squama subtriangulariter, margine siipero rotundato. 
Head, thorax, legs, antennae, and squama rufo-ferruginous; the apical half of the 
flagellum and the front above the insertion of the antenna, fuscous; an impressed line 
from the anterior ocellus to the clypeus, the latter with a sharp central carina; the 
frontal area opaque; the teeth of the mandibles black; the head and the flagellum with 
fin e cinereous pile. 
The abdomen fusco-ferruginous at the base, and the extreme apex pale ferruginous; the 
abdomen covered with a fine cinereous pile; beneath fusco-ferruginous. Worker, length 
2| lines. 
Sab. —On the road across the Pamir, from Sarikol to Panja. (April and May.) 
29. EoRMICA CANDIDA. 
Eemina.— F. nigra nitidissima ; mandibulis, antennis, pedibusquerufescentibus; squama 
lata, subtriangulariter, margine supra rotundato. 
Shining black; the mandihles, antennae, and legs ferruginous; the latter slightly 
fuscous above, as are also a few of the apical joints of the flagellum above. The head, the 
width of the thorax; the clypeus with a sharp central carina; the frontal area semiopaque; 
the mandihles stout, and with longitudinal punctures. The metathorax semiopaque, and 
with a fine cinereous pile, which also covers the squama, legs, and thorax on the sides and 
beneath. Abdomen oblong-ovate, very smooth and shining, and with a sprinkling of pale 
hairs at the apex; the extreme apex pale testaceous. Eemale, length 3^ lines. 
Sab. —On the road across the Pamir, from Sarikol to Panja. (April and May.) 
(Sm.) 
30. Myemica cuesoe. 
Eemina.— M. sordide rubra; capite tlioraceque longitudinaliter striatis; abdomine fusco- 
nigro, nitido; mandibulis, antennis, pedibusque pallide ferrugineis. 
Obscure ferruginous, with the head sometimes nearly black, or with the sides more or 
less ferruginous; the antennse with the scape and a few of the basal joints of the flagellum 
