Formica crinita

Smith, F., 1858, Catalogue of the hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part VI. Formicidae., London: British Museum : 13

42. Formica crinita . B.M.

Female. Length 4 lines.-Ochraceous: very closely resembling F. umbrata-, the head as wide as the thorax; the eyes ovate, placed a little above the middle at the sides of the head, which is thinly covered with a fine silky down; the mandibles pubescent. Thorax ovate, thinly sprinkled above with long pale hairs; wings slightly fuliginous, the nervures testaceous. Abdomen ovate, covered with a thick, long, pale yellow pubescence; the scale subovate, fringed with pale hairs.

Hab. Northern India.