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PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



SOLENOPSIS PICEA Emery. 



Honduras: San Juan Pueblo, Carmelina. 



SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA (Fabricius). 



In all localities visited. 



MACROMISCHA SCANDENS. new species. 



Worker.— I^ength 3.25 mm. (fig. 14). 



Head distinctly longer than broad, subquadrate, sides nearly 

 Straight, occipital corners broadly rounded, border straight. Man- 

 dibles with five stout teeth. Clypeus flat in front and straight at 

 anterior border. Frontal carinae feebly elevated, straight, extend- 

 ing to opposite anterior border of eye. Antennal scapes extending 

 about five-sixths the distance to occipital corners, funicular joints 

 2-7 transverse; club longer than remainder of funiculus, slender, 

 with the first joint shorter than the second and the terminal 



Fig. 14. — M.\CKOMiscHA scandens, new .species. Wokker. 



longer than the other two together. Eyes large, little convex, situ- 

 ated well in front of middle of sides of head. Thorax robust, 

 convex in profile, pronotum with an indistinct, thick margin at 

 sides, anteroventral corners obtusely angulate. Mesopinotal suture 

 distinct, but not interrupting the sculpture. Base of epinotum flat 

 in profile, as long as the declivity, spines straight, moderately stout, 

 longer than their distance apart at base, directed upward and back- 

 ward, diverging; inferior spines large, longer than broad, rounded 

 apically. Petiole beneath strongly biconvex in profile, anteroventral 

 tooth elongate triangular, directed forward, peduncle slender, aljout 

 as long as node and gradually rounding into it; node longer than 

 high, evenly convex in profile, from above longer than broad, with 

 sides rounded. Postpetiole rounded, a little broader than long 

 and broader than the petiole. Legs long and rather slender. 



Mandibles punctate, shining. Head feebly shining, thorax more 

 shining than the head but much less than the gaster and legs. Head 

 with fine striae, some of them slightly tortuous, longitudinal at middle 



