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posterior corners. Eyes in front of the middle of the head, small, 

 elongate, rather flat and oblique. Mandibles rather convex, thin, 

 with straight external borders; apical borders with three larger 

 anterior and numerous minute basal teeth. Scrobes shallow, in- 

 complete behind, about | as long as the head. Antennal scapes 

 extending to the posterior corners of the head; joints 2-7 of the 

 funiculus narrow but broader than long; ninth and tenth joints 

 distinctly longer than broad, together as long as the terminal joint. 

 Clypeus high and convex in the middle, bluntly bicarinate, its 

 anterior border broadly rounded and entire, feebly sinuate on the 



Figure 3. Lordomyrma lece sp. nov. worker; a, thorax and abdomen in profile; 

 b, head, dorsal view. 



sides. Promesonotum gradually narrowed behind, rather straight 

 above in profile, decidedly longer than broad, the humeri subden- 

 tate, the mesonotum behind falling abruptly to the pronounced 

 mesoepinotal constriction. Epinotum slightly longer than broad, 

 a little broader behind than in front, its spines short, broad at the 

 base, very acute; metasternal spines slender, acute and like the 

 superior spines directed upward. Base of epinotum in profile 

 feebly convex, longer than the sloping, flattened declivity. Peti- 

 ole longer than broad, broader behind than in front, its peduncle 

 short, the node in profile angular, its anterior slope slightly con- 

 cave, its posterior slope slightly convex. Postpetiole broader than 

 long and broader than the petiole, rounded above and on the sides, 



