wheeler: JAMAICAN ANTS. 



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the petiole red like the gaster instead of black like the head and thorax, 

 and each gastric segment with a more distinct fuscous band in front 

 of the pale yellow posterior margin. The funiculi and femora are 

 red, the tarsi, tibiae, and knees darker as in the typical form. There 

 is little difference in pilosity, except that the gaster of the new variety 

 has longer and more numerous erect hairs in addition to the long, 

 dense pubescence. 



Male. Length 4-4.5 mm. 



Head through the eyes as broad as long, with straight, subparallel 



Fig. 3. a, Camponolus (Myrmobrachys) capperi Forel, thorax and petiole in profile; 

 b, same of subsp. corlicalis Forel, c. of subsp. unctulus subsp. nov., d, of var. 

 formosulus var. nov.. c, of subsp. subdepilis Wheeler. 



cheeks and semicircular postocular region. Mandibles edentate. 

 Clypeus carinate, with entire, rounded and somewhat projecting 

 anterior border. Thorax robust; mesonotum large and protuberant, 

 overarching the pronotum, broader than long. Petiole short, thick 

 and low, its dorsal surface impressed in the middle. Gaster rather 

 broad. 



Mandibles shining, punctate; head and thorax opaque, densely 



