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of the node, which in profile is less narrowed and more rounded 

 above. 



In the large series before me the petiole of the worker is pointed 

 above instead of broadly rounded or emarginate. Type. — M. C. Z. 

 8,721. 



71. Camponotus (Myrmegonia) schmeltzii Mayr. Fig. 32. 

 Sitz. Akad. wiss. Wien, 1866, 53, p. 490, ^ . 



Worker. Length 5.5-6 mm. 



Head a little longer than broad, sides very slightly convex, sides of occiput 

 submargined, the corners, seen from the sides, subangulate, posterior border 

 shallowly concave. Mandibles 5-dentate. Clypeus moderately convex, 



Fig. 32. — Camponotus (Myrmegonia) schmeltzii Mayr. a. Soldier. Lateral view of head, 

 thorax, and petiole, b. Worker. Lateral view of thorax and petiole. 



anterior border rounded. Antennal scapes surpassing occipital borders by 

 nearly half their length. Eyes large, slightly convex, situated behind the 

 middle of sides of head. Pronotum a littJe longer than broad. Mesoepinotum 

 strongly compressed, behind, in profile elevated and unevenly, arcuately 

 rounded. Petiolar node in profile inclined forward, pointed in front, margined 

 at sides, anterior face short and convex, the dorsal surface long, sloping, and 

 rounding into the posterior. Legs long and slender, femora and tibiae com- 

 pressed. 



