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posterior border. Antennal scapes short and thick, extending less 

 than two-thirds the distance to occipital corners; funicular joints, 

 except the terminal, transverse, terminal joint as long as the four 

 preceding joints together. Thorax in profile very feebly convex ; from 

 above, two and one-half times as long as broad, very slightly broader 

 behind than in front. Petiole from above as broad as long ; in profile a 

 little higher than long, as broad in front as behind. Postpetiole about 

 one-fourth broader than the petiole, narrower in front than behind. 



Sublucid, the terminal funicular joints and the legs shining. Head 

 and body coarsely and closely punctate and reticulate, tlie punetation 

 of the head more coarse and dense than that of the thorax and 

 abdomen. 



Silky, erect pile scattered on head, body and appendages. 



Color brownish red to dark brown, terminal joint of antennae and 

 the legs lighter. 



Female. — Length 4 mm. 



Head somewhat shorter than in the worker. Eyes little convex, 

 situated at middle of sides of head. Thorax nearly flat. Pronotum 

 less than one-half as long as mesothorax. Scutellum much broader 

 than long. Base of epinotum a little shorter than the declivity. 

 Petiole from above distinctly broader than long. 



Sculpture as in worker, except that the punctures of the mesonotum 

 and scutellum are smaller and more separated, with the spaces be- 

 tween nearly smooth. 



Type locality. — Honduras: Lombardia. 



Cotypcs.—C^t. No. 24432, U.S.N.M. 



One small colony was taken beneath a stone. 



This, the third American species of the subgenus Parasyscia., is 

 very near P. toltecus Forel from Guatemala, but my specimens differ 

 from cotypes in the National collection in having the antennal scapes 

 thicker apically, in the proportionately broader petiole and in sculp- 

 ture. In toltecus the punctures on the thoracic dorsum are much 

 more sparse, and the space between is rather smooth and shining; 

 in hondunanus they are larger and closer together and without 

 smooth spaces between. 



Subfamily Ponerinae. 



PRIONOPELTA MAYRI Forel. 



Honduras: Cecilia, San Juan Pueblo, Lombardia. 

 Occurs in small colonies in humid localities beneath stones or in 

 rotten wood. 



TYPHLOMYRMEX ROBUSTUS Emery. 



Honduras: Cecilia, San Juan Pueblo, Lombardia. 



The colonies are found beneath bark, where the workers run in 

 file along narrow passageways, verj' similar to those of certain species 

 of Vollenhovia. 



