DIMORPHIC QUEENS IX AX AMERICAN ANT. 



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Length of thorax 



Length of gaster 



Length of petiole 



Height of petiole 



Length of antennal scape 



Apical breadth of antennal scape 



Length of funiculus 



Breadth of funiculus 



Length of fore femur 



Length of middle femur 



Length of hind femur 



Breadth of fore femur.. 



Breadth of middle femur 



Breadth of hind femur 



Length of fore tibia 



Length of middle tibia 



Length of hind tibia 



Breadth of fore tibia 



Breadth of middle tibia 



Breadth of hind tibia 



Length of fore spur (strigil) 



Length of middle spur 



Length of hind spur 



Length of whole fore tarsus 



Length of first fore tarsal joint 



Length of second fore tarsal joint.... 



Length of third fore tarsal joint 



Length of fourth fore tarsal joint 



Length of fifth fore tarsal joint 



Length of whole middle tarsus 



Length of first middle tarsal joint 



Length of second middle tarsal joint. 

 Length of third middle tarsal joint.., 

 Length of fourth middle tarsal joint.. 



Length of fifth middle tarsal joint 



Length of whole hind tarsus 



Length of first hind tarsal joint 



Length of second hind tarsal joint 



Length of third hind tarsal joint 



.Length of fourth hind tars a l joint.... 

 Length of fifth hind tarsal joint 



L. clavig^r. 



<?* 



L. latipes. 

 a- 



L. latipes. 



3-9 



2,517 

 -3.055 



285 

 872 



926 



178 



1,566 



214 



1,264 



1.356 



427 



303 



356 



i, 068 



1,015 



1.5*3 



320 



267 

 267 



338 



231. 



267 

 1,015 



570 

 89 

 89 

 89 



178 



605 



125 

 107 

 107 

 231 

 ,691 



979 

 196 

 142 

 107 



267 



3.390 

 3,681 



303 

 926 

 890 

 230 



23 1 

 1,264 



J.I75 

 1,388 



498 

 427 



463 

 1,015 

 1,050 



356 

 338 

 356 

 320 

 249 

 267 



905 



516 



89 



1 60 

 961 



534 



107 



89 



89 



142 



1,406 



783 

 1 60 



89 

 249 



3,487 

 3,487 

 392 

 943 

 854 

 267 



i,37o 

 249 



1,282 



1,460 



659 



605 



623 



979 

 i, 086 

 1,442 



445 

 427 



481 

 231 



249 

 267 



729 



374 



89 



7i 



53 

 142 



818 

 409 



8 9 

 89 



7i 

 1 60 



997 

 570 

 107 



89 



7i 



160 



signed to the limbo of useless specific diagnoses except for the 

 mention of the extraordinarily flattened legs in the female, a 

 character which is, moreover, emphasized in the specific name. 

 Walsh had only two specimens of the ^-female. The locality of 

 the types is not given, but was probably Rock Island, Illinois. 

 It was the flattening of the legs of L. claviger, a trait still more 

 pronounced in latipes and visible also in intcrjectus and the more 

 recently discovered Murphyi that led Mayr ('62, p. 5 i) to sepa- 

 rate these forms as the genus AcantJioinyops. Later he reduced 



* The dimensions are in micra. 



