Anochetus evansi, sp. nov.

[[worker]] L., 5-2mm. (with mandibles.) Entirely castaneous. Pilosity as in ghiliani, Spin., from which it differs in its small size, shorter body, and in having the posterior part of the corselet smooth and shining.

All joints of funiculus except the three apical ones, considerably shorter than in ghiliani, the second in particular being hardly longer than broad. Thorax rather shorter proportionately than in ghiliani, and the incision between the mesonotum and epinotum is hardly marked. The scale is lower and thicker, especially at the top, where it is more rounded.

Head similarly sculptured to that of ghiliani, but the scattered punctures on the back half are much more numerous and distinct, and larger. Thorax and epinotum almost entirely smooth and shining, with only a few small points on the base of the epinotum, and a few fine transverse strise on the declivity. Otherwise like ghiliani.

1 [[worker]], Sar-i-Pal, Persia, 1919. (Evans, no. 46.) Recorded in Ent. Rec, 32, 163 (1920), as A. ghiliani, Spin., though at the time I considered it a variety. Emery, however, is of opinion that it is a distinct species.

Type presented by Mr. Evans to the British Museum.