. Hymenoptera ... originally from Japan. 177. Strumigenys smythiesi, Forel, Pev. Suisse Zool. X (1902),p. 242. ^ . Ferruginous yellow, a brighter yellow on the thorax andabdomen, the latter with an ill-defined, transverse, brownish , antennae and legs minutely reticulate-punctate, dull andsubopaque, the head in certain lights slightly shining, the pedicelcovered A\ith a spongy substance ; the thorax, nodes of the pediceland abdomen highly polished, smooth and shining; pilosity sparse, 150 FOBMICIDJE. short and regulaily spaced on the liead, somewhat long and softon the abdomen posteri
. Hymenoptera ... originally from Japan. 177. Strumigenys smythiesi, Forel, Pev. Suisse Zool. X (1902),p. 242. ^ . Ferruginous yellow, a brighter yellow on the thorax andabdomen, the latter with an ill-defined, transverse, brownish , antennae and legs minutely reticulate-punctate, dull andsubopaque, the head in certain lights slightly shining, the pedicelcovered A\ith a spongy substance ; the thorax, nodes of the pediceland abdomen highly polished, smooth and shining; pilosity sparse, 150 FOBMICIDJE. short and regulaily spaced on the liead, somewhat long and softon the abdomen posteriorly. Head more rounded at the sides])osteriorly, somewhat narrower than in <S. fta, its posteriorborder semicirtularly emarginate ; mandibles about halt the lengthof the head, strongly arched outwards ; clypeiis triangular, with amedial impression ; front more convex than in H. , pedicel and abdomen with the characters of the genus ;the metanotiim posteriorly without spines, but subdentifor) Fig. 00.— Striiriuf/cnj/a smi/fhicsi, ^. r. Head from front. 2. Pronotum with the anterior lateral angles smooth, raised. Wings pubescent, subhyaline. Forthe rest absolutely identical with the ^ and with the same sparsepilosity. The very long hairs (there are at times some on the legs)are truly plentiful, and have the appearance of cla^ ate threads of amycelium. (Forel.)Length, ^ 2-3 ; $ 2-6 Eecorded so far only from Assam (Smi/iJiies). Genus , Westw. N. H. vi, 1841, p. 80, $. Type, C. lic/nata, Westwood. Bavge. Ethiopian and Indo-Malayan . Head with the mandibles more or less oval, broaderhowever posteriorly than in front, the occiput rounded ; mandiblesnarrow, subtriangular, the masticatory margin very oblique andstrongly dentate ; clypeus convex, anteriorly rounded; antennalcarinse very short, clypeal and antennal hollows indistinctlyconfluent; antennae 9-jointed, the club of the jflagellum foimed o£th
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