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William Mokton Wheeler. 



broad as long, with rounded humeri. Mesonotum broadly elliptical; 

 mesoepinotal constriction short and deep. Epinotam with short and 

 very convex base, which is not longer than broad and passes into 

 the longer, slightly concave, sloping declivity without a distinct ridge 

 or angle. Petiole short and rather narrow, its node inclined forward, 

 transverse and anteroposteriorly compressed, its border seen from 



behind rounded, in 

 profile the anterior 

 surface is feebly con- 

 vex, the posterior 

 slightly concave , the 

 border rather acute. 

 Gaster large, elliptical. 

 Legs long and rather 

 slender. 



Surface of body 

 shining, densely shag- 

 reened ; mandibles 



punctate; clypeus lon- 

 gitudinally rugose, finely in the middle, more coarsely on the sides; 

 head coarsely, body more sparsely and finely punctate. 



Hairs erect, moderately long and sparse, distinct on the head 

 and thorax, most abundant on the gaster, rather long and appressed 

 on the legs, apparently absent on the scapes except at their tips. 

 Color black. 



Described from 10 specimens in the Geolog. Inst. Koenigsberg 

 Coll. (B 18820, B 5446, B 5415, B ,5440, B 5106, XXB 7180 and 

 four without numbers). 



At first sight this species resembles D. halticus, but it may be 

 readily distinguished by the narrower, more elliptical head, the longer 

 antennae, more rounded humeri, the shape of the epinotum and 

 especially by the smaller and peculiarly protruding, subconical eyes. 



Fig. 34. 

 Dolichoderus (Hypoclinea) passalomma sp. nov. Worker. 



Dolichoderus (Hypoclinea) elegans sp. nov. 



Worker. (Fig. 35.) Length about 7,5 mm. 



Head elliptical, longer than broad, not broader behind than in 

 front, without posterior corners, but with short, excised posterior 

 border. Eyes moderately large, very convex, hemispherical, but not 

 subconical. Mandibles rather short. Clypeus evenly convex, with 

 entire, broadly rounded anterior border. Antennae long and slender, 

 the scapes reaching about ^/g their length beyond the posterior border 



