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WHEELER. 



Described from single specimens taken by Mr. W. T. Da\ds at 

 Clayton, Georgia (2000-3700 ft.) during June, 1909. 



The female can be readily distinguished from that of opacithoraot 

 by the following characters: The eyes are even smaller, the anterior 

 clypeal border is much less arcuate, the epinotum is broader and 

 more angular behind, its declivity shorter compared with the base 

 and the angle between the two surfaces more pronounced. The pet- 



FiGURE 8. (a) Female of Eciton {Acamatus) caroli7iense Emery, lateral 

 view; (b) head of same more enlarged, dorsal view; (c) head of male. 



iole is larger, with more pronounced anterior angles and broader and 

 deeper dorsal concavity. The surface of the head, thorax and petiole 

 and especially of the head, is much more opaque and more coarsely 

 punctate and beset with longer and more abundant hairs. 



Cheliomyrmex Mayr. 



(Fig. 5b, Figs. 9 and 10.) 



Mayr established the genus Cheliomyrmex in 1870 on worker speci- 

 mens of a species which he called nortoni, because he had received them 

 from Edward Norton. They were evidently collected by Sumichrast 



