72. Formica oblonga ^HNS. B.M.

Female. Length 4 3/4 lines.-Obscure rufo-testaceous, the head anteriorly and the abdomen being darkest; the clypeus and a space between the antennae, as well as the flagellum, pale rufotestaceous; the mandibles with seven acute teeth; the clypeus truncate anteriorly. Thorax elongate-ovate, smooth and shining, the disk darkest; the legs pale rufo-testaceous; the femora compressed and semitransparent. The scale of the peduncle ovate, very faintly notched above; the abdomen elongate-ovate, smooth and shining; the abdomen wider than the thorax and head, the two latter of about equal width.

Hab. Birmah.