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pale ferruginous, the rest fusco-ferruginous; the head longitudinally hut uregularly striated, 
the strise at its sides formed of confluent punctures. Thorax longitudinally striated, ohlong- 
ovate, and haying a longitudinal ferruginous space above, enclosed hy a black margin; the 
sides and beneath ferruginous; the metathorax with two short, stout, acute, compressed 
spines; the legs pale ferruginous. Abdomen globose, smooth and shining; the first node 
of the petiole wedge-shaped when viewed sideways, and coarsely rugose, the second node 
globose and suh-rugose. The scape of the antennae in this species is bent and slender at the 
base as in the M. ruginodis of Europe, which it closely resembles; it is, however, a rather 
smaller insect. Eemale, length 2f lines. 
Sab .—No precise locality indicated. 
31. Mtrmica lijottjosa. 
Mas.— M. niger, nitidiusculus ; Qnandibulis, antennis, pedihusque, necnon capite tliorace- 
que^ sordide pallescentibus ; alls Jiyalinis, nerms rufo-palUdis. 
Black; head and thorax longitudinally striated; the metathorax with transverse curved 
striae, and with two stout compressed spines, its apex obscurely rufo-piceous; the club of the 
antennae paler than the rest of the antennae. The wings pale fulvo-hyaline and iridescent; 
the stigma and nervures pale ferruginous; the legs long and slender, with the apical joints of 
the tarsi pale testaceous. Abdomen smooth and shining, and with a few scattered pale hairs ; 
the nodes of the abdomen rugose, the first oblong, the second globose. Male, length 2| lines. 
Sab. —Murree (Mari), Punjab hills. 
32. Mtemica eueviceps. 
Eemina.“-A?. sordide rubida; mandibuUs^ antennis^ pedibusque pallide ferrugineis; 
capite tlioraceque longitudinaliter profunde striatis ; abdomine rufo-nigro, nitido. 
Rufo-ferruginous; the head strongly longitudinally striated; a small smooth shining 
space at the base of the clypeus, which is deeply longitudinally grooved; the mandibles 
striated. Thorax above with a black patch on each side of the mesothorax, and another at 
the anterior portion; the metathoracic spines short, stout and acute. The first node of the 
abdomen longitudinally rugose, the second transversely so ; the abdomen smooth and shining, 
ferruginous at the base; the rest dark rufo-fuscous, nearly black, and with scattered erect 
pubescence. Eemale, length 2^ lines. 
Sab. —No locality or date. 
This insect very closely resembles two or three of the British species, particularly 
Myrmica siilcinodis; its head is, however, shorter than that of the British insect. 
33. Ceematogaster apicalis. 
Eemina.— C. pallide castaneo-rufus^IceviSi nitidus; abdomine apicem versus nigrescente ; 
alis hyalinis. 
Rufo-castaneous, smooth, shining and impunctate; the eyes, margins of the mandibles, 
and the anterior margin of the clypeus narrowly black; the clypeus finely longitudinally 
