. Hymenoptera ... ^ inclined forward ; abdomen short,broadly oval, not produced anteriorly so as to overhang thel)edicel. Key to the Specks. (I. Head viewed freni Ilu> front not Thorax in prutile widely eniaririiiale at tlie meso-metanotal suture /. anccpi^, p. 298. h. Thorax in profile not emarginate at the nieso-metanotal suture : meso- and metanotuni level one with tlie other /. ijluber, p. 299. l>. Head viewed from the front A\i(lely emarginate posteriorly /. la;vi(/atns, p. 299. 3r>S. Iridomyrniex anceps, Ro(jer (Formica), Berl. ent. Zeit. vii(18(>])
. Hymenoptera ... ^ inclined forward ; abdomen short,broadly oval, not produced anteriorly so as to overhang thel)edicel. Key to the Specks. (I. Head viewed freni Ilu> front not Thorax in prutile widely eniaririiiale at tlie meso-metanotal suture /. anccpi^, p. 298. h. Thorax in profile not emarginate at the nieso-metanotal suture : meso- and metanotuni level one with tlie other /. ijluber, p. 299. l>. Head viewed from the front A\i(lely emarginate posteriorly /. la;vi(/atns, p. 299. 3r>S. Iridomyrniex anceps, Ro(jer (Formica), Berl. ent. Zeit. vii(18(>]), p. 1G4, ^ ; Ford, Jovr. Bomb. N. II. Hoc. ix (1895),pp. 468 & 4G9, 9 . ^ . Head, thorax and abdomen dark castaneous brown, with abeautiful metallic refulgence in certain lights ; antennae very muchand legs slightly paler reddish brown. Pilosity very sparse, con-lined to a few scattered pale hairs chiefly on the front of the headand apex of tlie abdomen. Pubescence fine and sdky, tolerably. Vvi. .<•.— ;, ^. abundant, especially on the abdomen. Head with the mandiblestriangular, very much longer than broad, cheeks slightly convex ;mandibles elongate, the masticatory and outer margins nearlyequal ; clypeus triangular, nearly flat, almost as high as broad ;the fronti with a distinct but short vertical carina between carina); eyes placed laterally and a little forward, closerto the top of the head than to the anterior margin. Thoraxelongate, narrow, the metanotum Icmarkably raised and forming 29f) :i round gibbosity souiewliat similar to the shape of the metanotuinill the genus Mynnecoajstus. Node of the pedicel broader thanlong, slightly inclined to the front, flat anteriorly and posteriorly,as thick above as at base, and rounded above ; abdomen broadlyoval, only slightly convex above. Lemjtli, ^ o5-4*5 mm. Hah. Spread through India except iu the Xorth-west Provincesand the Punjab; Ceylon {Yerhnry, Green); Assam
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