. Hymenoptera ... 388 :. 454. Polyrhachis furcata, Smith, Cat. vi (1858), p. (i4, pi. 4, %. 20,9 : Fovcl, Jam: Bomb. N. H. Soc. viii (189:3), pp. 25 & 33, ^ . ^ . Black, the apical half of the flagellum of the antennae andthe legs and abdomen castaneous ; head and abdomen pohshed andshining ; thorax and node of the pedicel very coarsely and pedicel spines slender; pronotal spines pointing. Fiw. 127.—Folvrhichis furciif (I forward and outward and cur\ed sliglitly downward ; metanotalspines much longer than the pronotal spines, erect and slightlycurved backward. Nod
. Hymenoptera ... 388 :. 454. Polyrhachis furcata, Smith, Cat. vi (1858), p. (i4, pi. 4, %. 20,9 : Fovcl, Jam: Bomb. N. H. Soc. viii (189:3), pp. 25 & 33, ^ . ^ . Black, the apical half of the flagellum of the antennae andthe legs and abdomen castaneous ; head and abdomen pohshed andshining ; thorax and node of the pedicel very coarsely and pedicel spines slender; pronotal spines pointing. Fiw. 127.—Folvrhichis furciif (I forward and outward and cur\ed sliglitly downward ; metanotalspines much longer than the pronotal spines, erect and slightlycurved backward. Node of pedicel columnar, with t\^o longspines rising above it like the lateral branches of a Y, theirapical half curved backward, downward and slightly outward. Length, ^ 4*5-55 mm. Hah. Assam (Smythies) ; Burma ; Tenasserim (Feci, Hodr/son,BinrjJiam). The colour is variable in this species ; some have the legs nearlyblack, and the majority of specimens have the abdomen tenella, Forel, has the spines on the node of the pedicelenormously long. 455. Polyrhachis gracilior, Forel. Polyrachis furcata. race gi-acilior, Forel, Jow. Bomh. N. H. Soc. viii(1893), pp. 25 & 33, ^ . ^ . Eesembles F. furcata, Smith, but is much smaller and thethoracic and pedicel spines are different. Rufous brown ; headblack, scape of the anteinife for the greater part of its length frombase fuscous black ; head and abdom
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