june.x^c.] Wheeler: North American Formicid^. 89 



convex in front, flat behind and has a sharp border ; seen fro. behind the border is 



rounded or slightly and bluntly acuminate m the middle. Gaster g 



rather long, femora somewhat enlarged shagreened ; whole upper 



Shining throughout and very finely ^"\ "^^''^"'^'' V^iiltlv elongated on the 



surface of head with scattered punctures, ^^^f ^^^^'^^/^f,^'^^^^^^^^ scattered 



occiput. Mandibles coarsely and densely punctate scapes wtth 



junctures. Mesonotum with a few piligerous foveolse. 



'' Hairs golden yellow, moderately long, ^^^^-^^^^^ ^I'To TleVre 

 as long on the gula as on the upper surface of the head P -t a^^o ^^^^ 



cox., flexor surfaces of the fore femora and knees. Jj^-J' ^ J J^^^ ^^.^, ,„ ,beir 

 hairs on their flexor surfaces. Scapes w.th ^f^-/- f'^^^^'^^ts Pubescence 

 anterior surfaces and tips; funicular jomts tipped with short hairs, 

 sparse, absent, except on the funiculi, coxee -d tibi«= _ ^^^^^^^^ 



Rich yellowish-red ; mandib es ^^^^P^; ^^Jf ;;;^7 ^ Mandib;iar teeth, 

 scapes and sometimes also the middle and hind tibi., darker rea 

 edges of clypeus and frontal carina black. 



Punctures absent or very faint on the head. 



mrker minima. —Length, 6-7-5 mm. mounded posterior border. 



Head longer than broad, with paralle -f^l^^^^^ Sout teeth and 



yellow tb,o„gho„t. Mandibles, amenns and .ibi=e redd.sb. 



srb,;;:rir ';'.rbn. bead .„. e.o«.-, - --- -^- 



cb.e.s and clypens abon. as broad as Ion, sn be.agona^. .» e^^ r.^J ^^^J^ 



TTT.T'JT c:;:bi:r«»os:::!;.iy compressed, ... .*,, ». 



broader than the head, retioie n g , f , jiogity and color much 



"« anterior snr^.. and ac«e "^P^^" t„.,f ^t „p e'r snrfLe. Win.s Ion, 

 (': 1. T'^enonbya": Jore .rlyL towards rbeir rips, wi.b yellow ve.ns and 



stigma. 



'Described from a media and minima .a.en by Mr. C- S" a' 

 Palmerlee, Cochise County, Arizona, a wmged female taken by M . 

 F Toslar in the Huachuca Mountains, Arizona (Aug. 28 1903), 

 and'a ^on s ries of females and workers of all sizes collected by Mr^ 

 C R Biederman in Carr Cafton, in the same mountam range (March 



27, 1907). 



