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5. Postpetiole margined at sides. liength 3.5-4.5 mm procera Emery. 



Postpetiole not margined at sides. Length 3.-3.5 mm 6. 



6. Color fuscoferruginous (Solomons) procera subsp. tnaJua Mann. 



Color piceous. (Solomons), .procera subsp. rnalua var. melanotica Mann. 



DOLICHODERINAE. 



87. TURNERIA PACIFICA, Sp. IIOV. 



Worker. Length 2.25 mm. 



Head a little longer than broad, nearly as broad in front as behind, with 

 convex sides and very shallowly concave posterior border. Mandibles with 

 six teeth, the third and fifth smaller than the others. Anterior border of 

 clypeus almost straight except at sides, where it 

 is concave; posterior border broadly rounded. 

 Frontal area obscure. Frontal carinae very feeble, 

 extending a little beyond anterior border of eyes. 

 Eyes elongate, large, nearly a third as long as 

 head; situated on sides of front, a little posterior 

 to middle. Antennal scapes slender, almost at- 

 taining occipital corners; funicular joints longer 

 than broad. Pronotvun slightly broader than 

 long, surface rather flat; hmneri with an elevated, 

 elongate process, like a short carina. Mesonotum 

 longer than broad. Mesoepinotal impression broad and deep. Base of epi- 

 notum convex, subtriangular, truncate behind; in profile the posterior mar- 

 gin appearing bluntly cone-shaped and extending over the short and very 



Fig. 39. — Turneria pacifica 

 Mann. Worker. Front 

 view of head. 



Fig. 40. — Turneria pacifica Mann. Worker. Lateral view of thorax and petiole. 



concave declivity. Scale twice as high as long, convex in front, straight 

 behind, rounded above. Caster short, oval. 



Occiput and gaster shining, the rest subopaque; very finely punctate 

 throughout; and microscopically pruinose. Clypeus and front with a few 

 erect hairs. 



Gaster black, the remainder yellow-brown; terminal joint of funiculus 

 darker. 



