69. Formica mitis ^HNS. B.M.

Worker. Length 3 1/2 lines.-The head, scape and abdomen fusco-testaceous. The head oblong, not wider than thorax; the eyes ovate, of moderate size, placed high on the sides of the head; the clypeus carinate in the middle, the anterior margin rounded; the clypeus paler than the vertex. Thorax elongate, much compressed behind; the disk of the thorax arched lengthways; the legs palest at their base and apex; the scale of the peduncle somewhat conical, pointed above; the base of the abdomen pale, the margins of the segments fringed with a few long pale hairs.

Hab. Ceylon.