A NEW GENUS OF HYHOG/EIC ANTS FROM TEXAS. 



They are conspicuous on the legs and antennas, especially on the scape 

 and all the joints of the funiculus except the club. On the upper surface 



FlG. I. Erebomyrma Longii sp. nov. Worker. (Dorsal view.) 



of the head the hairs are somewhat more appressed and directed from either 

 side towards the median line which is rather bare. There is no pubescence. 



FIG. 2, Erebomyrma Longii sp. nov. }Vorker. ( Lateral view. ) 



Female. (Figs. 3 and 4.) Length 8-8.5 mm - 



Black ; abdomen, antennae and legs blood red ; wing insertions, meta- 

 notum, lower portions of epinotum, petiole, and postpetiole, the frontal 

 carinae and lateral portions of clypeus suffused with red ; mandibles black, 

 with a broad red band across their apical third ; bases of coxae and middle 



