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Show |g96.] HYMENOPTERA OF CEYLON. 409 Formica zonata, Guer. Voy. Coq., Zool. ii. 205 $ . Formica viridis, Kirby, Trans. Linn. Soc. xii. 477 $ . (Ecophylla smaragdina, Smith, Jour. Linn. Soc. v. (1861), 102, 1; Mayr, Verh. d. k.-k. zool.-bot, Ges. Wien, 1862, 695, 1; Smith, Jour. Linn. Soc. xi. (1867), 319, 1; Wroughton, Jour. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. vii. (1892), 39, 41; Forel, idem, viii. (1893), 400 ; Emery, Ann. Soc. Ent, Fr. 1893, 250. (Ecophylla virescens, Mayr, Verh. d. k.-k. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, 1862, 695, 2. Trincomalee (Yerbury coll.); Pundaloya (Green coll.) ; Kandy; Colombo; Nawalapitiya. Fabricius's ' Systema Entomologiae, sistens Insectorum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species etc.,' in which the name "virescens" for the African species is published, bears date 1775 ; his ' Species Insectorum,' in which the Asiatic species is described as " smaragdina," is dated 1781, so that as the African and Asiatic species are now considered identical, the name " virescens " has priority; but as our Indian red ant is so well known under the name " smaragdina,1" it has been considered, apparently by both Forel and Emery, not advisable to change the specific denomination. Genus PRENOLEPIS, Mayr. 42. PRENOLEPIS LONGICORNIS (Latreille). Formica longicornis, Latr. Hist. Nat. Fourm. 113 £ ; Smith, Cat. Hym. Ins. B. M. vi. 31, 104. Formica vagans, Jerd. Madr. Jour. Lit. & Sci. 1851, 124 $ £ ; Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 2, xiii. (1854), 106, 39 ; Smith, Cat. Hym. Ins. B. M. vi. 17, 59 ; Jour. Linn. Soc. xi. (1867), 303, 15. Formica gracilescens, Nyl. Ann. Sci. Nat. v. (1856), 73. Tapinoma gracilescens, Smith, Cat. Hym. Ins. B. M. vi. 56, 4. Paratrechina vagabunda, Motsch. Bull. Soc. Imp. d. Nat. Mosc. 1863, 13; Smith, Jour. Linn. Soc. xi. (1867), 309. Prenolepis gracilescens, Mayr, Verh. d. k.-k. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, 1862, 698, 4 (Novara Exp. Ceylon). Prenolepis longicornis, Forel, Jour. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. viii. (1893), 408, 1 $ <$; Emery, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1893, 250, 49. Trincomalee (Yerbury coll.) ; Galle; Colombo. 43. PRENOLEPIS YERBURYI, Forel. Prenolepis yerburyi, Forel, Jour. Bomb. Nat. Hist, Soc. viii. (1893), 409, 3 2 $ ; Emery, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1893, 250, 50. Nuwara Eliya (Yerbury coll.). 44. PRENOLEPIS INDIOA, Forel. Prenolepis indica, Forel, Jour. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. viii. (1893), 409,4$ 6. Trincomalee (Yerbury coll). |
