Catalogue of the hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part VI. Formicidae. Author Smith, F. text 1858 British Museum London http://antbase.org/ants/publications/8127/8127.pdf book 8127 C86CFDBF-61D9-48EE-9C2E-325FC0462B10 6. Ponera processionalis . Ponera processionalis, Jerdon , Madr. Journ. Lit. & Sci. 118; Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. xiii. 102 (1854). Hab. India. Of this species Mr. Jerdon says, " I have met with this species over most of India. It lives m the ground in very numerous societies, and is most frequent in jungly districts; occasionally a vast column of them, 3 or 4 feet deep, may be seen crossing a road, and 1 have traced the column for forty and fifty yards. It stings very severely."