Formica assimilis, Jerdon , Madr. Journ. Lit. and Sc. (1851) 125; Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 2nd ser. xiii. 107. 42.
Hab. India (Malabar).
Worker, exceedingly similar to the last.
Length, 3 - 24 th of an inch, differs in its colour chiefly being of a shining reddish black, in its eyes being apparently large, the thorax narrower, and in being covered all over with scattered white hairs.
I have found it frequenting flowers in Malabar, but not abundant.
