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Show 404 LT.-COL. 0. T. BINGHAM ON THE [Mar. 17, 9. CAMPONOTUS ALBIPES, Emery. Camponotus albipes, Emery, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1893, 253, 60 $. Kandy. 10. CAMPONOTUS MACULATUS (Fabricius). Formica maculata, Fabr. Spec. Ins. i. 491, 15; Ent. Syst. ii. 356, 25; Syst. Piez. 403, 29; Oliv. Encycl. Meth. vi. 495, 22; Latr. Hist. Nat. Fourm. 283; Lepel. Hym. i. 215, 19; Smith, Cat. Hym. Ins. B. M . vi. 28, 96. Formica cognata, Smith, Cat. Hym. Ins. B. M . vi. 35, 117. Camponotus maculatus, Mayr, Verh. d. k.-k. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, 1862, 654, 1; Wroughton, Jour. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. vii. (1892), 30-32 ; Forel, idem, 240, 21; Emery, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1893, 251, 53. Forel includes under the above, which is typically an African species, a group of races of which the following have been recorded from Ceylon:- a. CAMPONOTUS COMPRESSUS (Fabricius). Formica compressa, Fabr. Mant. Ins. i. 307, 2 £ ; Ent. Syst. ii. 350, 2; Syst. Piez. 396, 2; Oliv. Encycl. Me'th. vi. 491; Latr. Hist. Nat. Fourm. Ill; Lepel. Hym. i. 214, 17; Smith, Cat. Hym. Ins. B. M. vi. 13, 44 $ 6* ; Jour. Linn. Soc. xi. (1867), 303, 3. Formica indefessa, Sykes, Trans. Ent. Soc. i. (1836), 104, pi. 13. f. 6. Formica callida, Smith, Cat. Hym. Ins. B. M. vi. 18, 64; Jour. Linn. Soc. xi. (1867), 304, 19. Camponotus quad, r Hater us, Boger, Berl. ent. Zeitschr. 1863, 136, 6 $ . Camponotus compressus, Wroughton, Jour. Bomb. Nat. Bist. Soc. vii. (1892), 30, 1; Forel, idem, 240. Trincomalee (Yerbury coll.). b. CAMPONOTUS TAYLORI, Forel. Camponotus taylori, Forel, Jour. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. vii. (1892), 241. Nuwara Eliya (Yerbury coll.). c. CAMPONOTUS INFUSCUS, Forel. Camponotus infuscus, Forel, Jour. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. vu. (1892), 242; Emery, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1893, 252, 56. Nuwara Eliya. d. CAMPONOTUS MITIS (Smith). Formica mitis, Smith, Cat. Hym. Ins. B. M. vi. 20, 69$; Walk. Tenn. Nat. Hist. Ceylon, ch. xii. 454 ; Motsch. Bull. Soc. Imp. des Nat. Mosc. 1863, 11; Smith, Jour. Linn. Soc. xi. (1867), 304, 24. |