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declivity steep, slightlj' concave, its sides sharply, its upper border 

 feebly but distinctly marginate. Petiole subcuboidal, narrower than 

 the epinotum, slightly broader than long, distinctly broader behind 

 than in front, its anterior surface truncated and flat, marginate on the 

 sides and submarginate above, its ventral surface in front with a large, 

 blunt, compressed, translucent tooth. Postpetiole broader than the 

 petiole, about | broader than long and broader behind than in front, 

 its anterior and lateral borders straight, its anterior corners rounded. 



Figure 6. a, Nothosphindus manni sp. nov. Worker, lateral view; h, 

 thorax and abdomen of same, dorsal view; c, head of same; d, thorax and 

 abdomen of female; e, head of same. 



its posterior border feebly concave in the middle. Gastric segments 

 1-3 twice as broad as long, separated by pronounced constrictions. 

 Pygidium truncated behind, with blunt, entire border, scarcely sub- 

 marginate on the sides, the posterior border densely spinulate. Legs 

 moderately long. 



Shining; mandibles subopaque, coarsely punctate, body finely 

 and unevenly punctate, the punctures denser on the head and legs, 

 not larger on the thorax than on the gaster. 



Hairs short, yellow, appressed or subappressed, longest on the gaster. 



