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bulletin: museum of comparative zoology. 



Santa Cruz: Graciosa Bay. Santa Anna. Malaita: Auki. Russell: 

 Yandina. Guadalcanar: Rere. Bio. Florida: Tulagi. Rendova. 

 New Georgia. Rubiana Lagoon. 



105. Camponotus (Colobopsis) guppyi, sp. nov. 



Soldier. Length 5 mm. 



Head longer than broad, narrowest in front, sides in front of eyes slightly 

 convex, truncated portion separated from the front by a rounded angle. 

 Mandibles 5-dentate. Clj^peus two thirds on truncated portion, margined 



Fig. 43. — Camponotus (Colobopsis) guppyi Mann. Worker major, 

 head, thorax, and petiole. 



Lateral view of 



at sides; the posterior third longitudinally impressed at middle, carinate 

 between this impression and the lateral border; anterior portion with a sharp 

 median carina, anterior border straight. Frontal area broadly triangular. 

 Frontal carinae moderately divergent, extending to a point opposite middle 

 of eyes. Eyes situated on sides of front, back of posterior tliird of head. 



Fig. 44. — Camponotus (Colobopsis) guppyi Mann. Worker minor. Lateral view ot 

 head, thorax, and petiole. 



Antennae stout, their scapes surpassing occipital corners by a distance a little 

 greater than their diameter at tips. Pronotum rather flat, sides rounded. 

 Mesonotum a third broader than long. Mesoepinotal impression deep and 

 nearly half as long as the basal portion of epinotum. Base of epinotum 

 broader than long and truncate behind; in profile shorter than the concave 



