ART. 13. ANTS FEOM HONDURAS AND GUATEMALA MANN. 9 



set, irregular teeth, with two somewhat larger, near the tips. Eyes 

 small, composed of four distinct facets, situated at anterior fourth of 

 sides of head. Antennal scapes slightly surpassing occipital corners, 

 first funicular joint a little shorter than the second and tliird to- 

 gether, joints 2-10 about as long as broad, terminal joint as long as 

 tlie tAvo preceding joints together. Pronotum as long as broad, sides 

 and humeri broadly rounded. Mesoepinotal suture distinctly- 

 though narrowly, impressed. Basal portion of epinotum as long as 

 the declivity, convex in front, flattened beliind; declivity flat, ob- 

 tusely margined at sides. Node in profile high, moderately nar- 

 rowed above, anterior surface feebly convex, posterior surface flat; 

 from above, strongly transverse, rounded at sides. Gaster rather 

 stout. 



Shining, finely and shallowl}^ punctate throughout, with not very 

 thick pruinose pubescence and very sparse, short, erect hairs on head 

 and thorax, more abundant and longer on gaster. 



Dark reddish brown to black; appendages and antennal funiculi 

 lighter. 



Type locality. — Honduras: Ceiba, Lombardia, Cecilia. 



Cotype.—Q^t. No. 24437, U.S.N.M. 



Described from a small series from several colonies found beneath 

 bark or stones. 



In the form of the body this species closely resembles P. foreli Mayr 

 from Brazil. It has, however, much smaller eyes than foreli and the 

 pilosity is sparser. From distinguenda Emery it differs in the rela- 

 tively broader mesonotum and in the finer sculpture of the head and 

 body. 



PONERA NITIDULA Emery. 



Honduras : Ceiba, Progresso, Lombardia, Cecilia. 



BELONOPELTA (BELONOPELTA) DELETRIX, new species. 



Worker. — Length 4 mm. (fig. 4). 



Head, excluding mandibles, longer than broad, broadest and with 

 sides more convex in front of middle, posterior border feebly concave. 

 Mandibles, when closed, crossing at middle, long, slender, and arcu- 

 ate, the inner border at basal half with four strong, elongate teeth, 

 the basal of which is the shortest, anterior edentate portion about as 

 long as the dentate part, acute at tips. Clypeus strongly carinate at 

 middle, triangularly projecting in front and terminating in a blunt 

 spine. Antennal scapes almost attaining occipital corners, thickened 

 at anterior half and with a distinctly concave outline on inner surface 

 before the tip ; funiculus stout, gradually thickened toward apex, first 

 joint twice as long as broad, second a little longer than broad, joints 

 8-10 transverse, terminal joint conical, as long as the two preceding 



