I04 



PSYCHE 



[June 



8. Prenolepis melanderi, sp. nov. 



Worher. Length 2-2.5 "^m- 



Mandibles 6-toothed, with oblique blades; third and fifth tooth from the apex distinctly 

 smaller than the others. Clypeus convex, hardly carinate, its anterior border sinuately 

 excised in the middle. Head, exclusive of the mandibles, about as long as wide, distinctly 

 narrower in front than behind, occipital border feebly and sinuately excised. Antennae 

 lono-, scape extending for somewhat more than a third of its length beyond the posterior 

 corner of the head, all the joints of the funiculus distinctly longer than broad ; joints 3-10 

 subequal. Thorax rather slender, dorsal surfaces of pro- and mesonotum somewhat flattened, 

 the sides of the former rounded. Mesoepinotal suture distinct, but not flattened at the 

 bottom, much narrower than the distance between the pair of metathoracic stigmata. 

 Epinotum rounded above and on the sides, its declivity flattened or somewhat concave. 

 Petiole small and narrow, cuneate in profile, inclined. forward, its ventral surface convex, the 

 edge of the node seen from behind rounded rather than horizontal. Gaster and legs of the 

 usual conformation. 



Body smooth and shining, legs and antennae subopaque. 



Antennae and legs covered with delicate appressed, whitish pubescence ; head, thorax, 



Fig. 8. a, Prenolepis nielanderi, sp. nov. Worker. />, external ; c, median, 

 d, inner genital appendages of male. 



and gaster with stout, erect, subobtuse hairs of a brownish or black color in certain lights, 

 except on the posterior portion of the head where they are white. Antennal scape, femora, 

 and tibiae also furnished with more scattered, shorter, suberect hairs. 



Yellow; dorsal surface of head, thoracic dorsum, pleurae, and gaster more or less 



