" Formica relucens, Latr ^HNS.

Exceedingly like the last. ( F. nustata ^HNS), differs in the following points - body covered with silky, golden, shining down, with a few larger hairs; thorax with two spines anteriorly and none posteriorly; abdominal pedicle with 4 spines, the upper ones nearly straight; length 4 linea. From Southern Asia.