. Hymenoptera ... transverse. For the Iest the characters of the genus. Length, ^ 3-35 mm. Hah. Recorded so far only from the hills of Tenasserim (Fea). Genus MONOMORIUM. Formica, pt., Liun. Si/sf. Xuf. ed. 10, i, 17o8, p. , Mai/r, Verh. Gex. JVicti, v (ISoo), p. , pt., Smith, Cat. vi (1858), p. 12-J (Subdivision 7). Type, M. mimitum, Mayr, from Europe. Range. Both hemispheres. 5 . Head rectangular; mandibles narrow, with three or fouracute teeth, maxillary and labial palpi alike 2-jointod ; clypeussubtriangular, arched anteriorly, the anterior margin passin
. Hymenoptera ... transverse. For the Iest the characters of the genus. Length, ^ 3-35 mm. Hah. Recorded so far only from the hills of Tenasserim (Fea). Genus MONOMORIUM. Formica, pt., Liun. Si/sf. Xuf. ed. 10, i, 17o8, p. , Mai/r, Verh. Gex. JVicti, v (ISoo), p. , pt., Smith, Cat. vi (1858), p. 12-J (Subdivision 7). Type, M. mimitum, Mayr, from Europe. Range. Both hemispheres. 5 . Head rectangular; mandibles narrow, with three or fouracute teeth, maxillary and labial palpi alike 2-jointod ; clypeussubtriangular, arched anteriorly, the anterior margin passing some-what over the closed mandibles, in the middle with two obtuseconverging carina) meeting above between the bases of the antenn;e;frontal area distinct, antennal carina; short, parallel; antenaaj 200 11- or 12-joiiited, club of Hagcllmn massive, lonned of the apicalthree joints, about as long as or longer than the i-emainder of theflagellum : eves lateral, oval. Thorax somewlial long and narrow .. Fig. 7>.—Mono,,Kiriniii hithiodc, ^. a. Head. not nnieh broader in front than posteriorly: pro-mesonotal suture^obsolete, meso-nietanotal suture deeply marked, metauotum trun-cate, posteriorly unarmed, the basal portion passing into the ajiicalportion by a rounded curve : legs in the typical species short, inothers long and slender. Pedicel : the 1st node shortly petiolateanteriorly, often markedly higher than the 2nd node; abdomenoval, truncate or emarginate anteriorly. i . Head and pedicel as in the ^ , the thorax narro\\- but moremassive, the mesonotum long and slightly convex, slightly gibbousin front, overhanging the pronotum; scutellum comparativelylarge ; metanotum roundly curved posteriorly, the sides forming-two rounded obtuse ridges \\\t\\ the space between them con-cave, slightly flat. Abdomen very massive, somewhat : the fore wing with one cubital cell. d . In the Indian species the head above the ocelli is remark-ably flat and broad
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