73. Formica tincta. B.M.

Female. Length 5 1/2 lines. - Rufo-testaceous, irregularly stained with black; the front of the head with a black spot enclosing the ocelli; the mandibles dark rufo-piceous, armed with seven sharp teeth; the head the same width as the thorax. Thorax elongate-ovate, very smooth and shining; the sides of the disk of the thorax slightly fuscous; wings yellowish-hyaline, with the nervures pale ferruginous. Abdomen ovate, very smooth and shining; the basal segment and the apical margins of the three following, and the base of the fifth black; sprinkled with a few pale ferruginous hairs; the scale ovate, emarginate above.

Hab. Birmah.

This species somewhat resembles the F. variegata, but it is a larger and broader insect; the scale of the peduncle is of a different form, being broader; the thorax is perfectly oval, not narrow behind, and it is also much more polished and shining.