Formica lutea

Smith, F., 1858, Catalogue of the hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part VI. Formicidae., London: British Museum : 19

65. Formica lutea . B.M.

Female. Length 5 lines.-Yellow: the head oblong, widest at the vertex, which is slightly emarginate; eyes ovate, placed rather high on the sides ofthe head; the clypeus subcarinate in the middle, slightly emarginate anteriorly; the mandibles stout, triangular, toothed on their inner margin, the teeth black. Thorax oblong-ovate, very smooth and shining above; the point of attachment of the wings black; the scale of the peduncle ovate, emarginate above. Abdomen ovate, smooth and shining; the head, thorax and abdomen sprinkled with long, erect, pale hairs.

Hab. Northern India.