. Hymenoptera ... ode of the pedicel flat,transverse, rounded above ; abdomen very long, rapidly narrowingposteriorly, the apex acute. 2 . Very similar to the g , the head proportionately broader,more convex in front, the eyes larger, tlie clypeus transverseanteriorly. Thorax massive ; pronotum vertical, not forming anyportion of the dorsum ; the mesonotum and broad scutellumshghtly convex; metanotum with a rouiided slope to apex. Nodeof the pedicel and the abdomen as in the ^ , but the formerthicker at base, the latter longer and more massive. Ocelli largeand close together, planted in little
. Hymenoptera ... ode of the pedicel flat,transverse, rounded above ; abdomen very long, rapidly narrowingposteriorly, the apex acute. 2 . Very similar to the g , the head proportionately broader,more convex in front, the eyes larger, tlie clypeus transverseanteriorly. Thorax massive ; pronotum vertical, not forming anyportion of the dorsum ; the mesonotum and broad scutellumshghtly convex; metanotum with a rouiided slope to apex. Nodeof the pedicel and the abdomen as in the ^ , but the formerthicker at base, the latter longer and more massive. Ocelli largeand close together, planted in little holIoAAS. Wings: fore \^•ingwith one cubital cell, the radial cell very long, 381. Acropyga aCUtiventris, Eofjer, Berl. ent. Zeif. vi (1862),, ?$.Plagiolepis Hava, Muyr, J cr/i. Ges, l\ len, xii (1862),p. 699, ^. $ and $ . Deep yellow or reddish yellow all over; eyes jet-black, in strong contrast with the yellow of the head and bodv ;head, thorax and abdomen very minutely riigulose, but ).).—.li-ivjiz/t/a ac/ifirrntris, ^, r/. Head. covered some\\hat thickly ^ith long erect yellow hairs and adense pale yellow pubescence, very marked on the antennae andlegs. For the rest the characters of the genus. Leuf/tJi, ^ 4-5*5 : 5 6*5 mm. Hah. Kecorded from Western India (Wrour/Jifon), Ceylon{Yerhvry). Burma {Fc(l), and the Nicobars (teste ilayr). Genus FORMICA. Vwmica, Linn. Si/d. Nat. ed. 10 (17o8), p. .379. Type, F. mfa, Liini., from Both hemispheres. 5. Mandibles triangular, with a broad dentate masticatorxmargin, the apical tooth acute and curved ; clypeus broad and hio-h ; ;5:i4 niaxillarv palpi willi (>. labial with 4 joints, the 4th joint of ])alpi a little longer than the otli; frontal area small,subtriangiilar and distinct; anleinial carinic wide apart, moreor less curved outwards, never lauiinate ; anteinite 12-jointed,springing froui just behind the posterior margin of the clypeus;the scape and t
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