ART. 13. ANTS FROM HONDURAS AND GUATEMALA MANN. 19 



ECITON (ECITON) BURCHELLI (Westwood), variety INFUMATUM Wheeler. 



Honduras: Carmelina, Lombardia, San Juan Pueblo, Choloma. 

 A common species, frequently seen crossing paths and sometimes 

 raiding dwelling and storehouses. 



ECITON (ECITON) HAMATUM (Fabricius). 



Honduras: San Juan Pueblo. 



Less common than the preceding species. 



ECITON (LABIDUS) COECUM (Latreille). 



Honduras: Carmelina, San Juan Pueblo, San Pedro Sula. 

 Frequently found in the banana fields beneath fallen stalks. 



ECITON (LABIDUS) PRAEDATOR F. Smith. 



Honduras: Lombardia. 



One large file in the woods was accompanied by several species of 

 conopid flies of the genus Stylogaster which followed them evidently 

 in order to oviposit on the worker ants. 



ECITON (ACAMATUS) IMPUDENS. new species. 



lFo7'A-er.— Length 3.25-6.50 mm. (fig. 9). 



Head longer than broad and a little broader in front than behind, 

 sides little convex, posterior corners narrowly rounded, border feebly 

 concave. Frontal carinae nearly straight, in profile slightly elevated 

 and rounded. Mandibles at basal two-thirds with a series of five 



Fig. 9. — Eciton (Acamatus) impudens, new species. 



irregular blunt teeth, xinterior margin of clypeus nearly straight. 

 Antennal scapes extending nearly four-fifths the distance to occipital 

 corners, moderately stout; second funicular joint as long as the 

 third and longer than the first, all the joints longer than broad, 

 thickest apically, terminal joint shorter than the two preceding 

 together. Eye very distinct, convex. Pro-mesonotum about three 

 times as long as broad, evenly convex above. Base of epinotum 

 nearly flat, broadly rounding into the declivity. Petiole as broad in 

 front as behind, twice as long as broad, in profile slightly longer 



