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WILLIAM MORTON WHEELER. 



Pheidole (Hendecapheidole) mendicula sp. nov. (Fig. 6.) 



Soldier. Length 1.3 mm. 



Head very large, subrectangular, rather convex above, about 

 i longer than broad, as broad in front as behind, with nearly 

 straight, subparallel sides and the posterior border rather deeply 

 and semicircularly excised in the middle. The occipital and 

 frontal grooves are rather shallow. Eyes small, convex, sub- 



FiG. 6. Pheidole (Hendecapheidole) mendicula sp. nov. a, head of soldier, dorsal 

 aspect; b, thorax and pedicel of same, in profile; c, head of worker, dorsal aspect; 

 d, head of male; e, antenna of same. 



triangular. Mandibles not very convex, with rather straight 

 external borders and two large apical teeth. Clypeus somewhat 

 flattened, its anterior border straight and entire in the middle, 

 sinuate on each side. Frontal area small and indistinct; frontal 

 carinae rapidly diverging, half as long as the head and forming 

 sharp inner borders to rather deep scrobes for the accomodation 

 of the antennae, which are small. Scapes reaching to the middle 

 of the sides of the head, the club as long as the remainder of the 

 funiculus; joints 2-7 of the latter small and transverse. Thorax 



