Formica carinata, Fabr

Jerdon, T. C., 1851, A catalogue of the species of ants found in southern India., Madras Journal of Literature and Science 17, pp. 103-127 : 127

Formica carinata, Fabr .

Head rounded, black; thorax black, [[ ... ]] ed into three by two deep transverse lines; the anterior por- [[ ... ]] with a spine on each side directed forwards; and the posterior [[ ... ]] with two small straight spines; abdominal pedicle large, [[ ... ]] with, two raised sharp bent spines. Length? of medium size. Southern Asia. "

I have very little doubt but that many more species of Ants will be discovered even in the Southern portion of the Peninsula, and I hope myself to add others to the present list, and more especially to gain additional information on their habits. If any of the readers of this Journal are inclined to assist me in this undertaking and are able to furnish me with any details on the economy of any species, I shall be very glad to receive all information and record it in a supplement, which I will publish as soon as I can collect sufficient materials; and as there may be some difficulty in making out the species, especially if the observer has no microscope, 3 or 4 specimens inclosed in a quill and sent by letter will suffice to deter-mine if the species be one of those described here, or a new kind.