44. Myrmica contigua ^HNS. B.M.

Female. Length 2 lines.-Pale ferruginous: head and thorax opake, the abdomen black and shining, with the first segment and base of the second pale ferruginous; the eyes black. Thorax oblong-ovate, with a central abbreviated carina in front; a dark stain runs from the origin of the wings, passing beneath the post-scutellum; the metathorax unarmed, obliquely truncated, the truncation concave; the apical margins of the second and following segments of the abdomen testaceous.

Hab. Ceylon.

This is probably the female of M. basalis ^HNS, but as they were not received together, it is uncertain.