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served the very close resemblance of the worker of (E. hrischkei to 

 this recent species which is common in India, Polynesia and Australia 

 and is known to use its larvae in spinning the silken nest which is 

 attached to the leaves and branches of trees. The worker of smaragdina 

 differs from hrischkei in having much longer and more slender 

 legs and antennae and a much more slender petiole with the node 

 more angular and well behind the middle of the segment. The first 

 funicular joint is nearly twice as long as the second, the frontal 

 carinse are more nearly parallel and the mesoepinotal constriction of 

 the thorax is longer and more pronounced. 



(Ecophylla hrevinodis sp. nov. 



Worker (Fig. 56). Length nearly 6 mm. 



Differing from (E. hrischkei as follows: The body and appendages 

 are much less slender, the mandibles shorter and more convex at the 

 base, the eyes somewhat larger, the head broader and more deeply 

 excised behind. The antennal scapes reach less than ^/g their length 

 beyond the posterior corners of the head ; funicular joints 1 and 2 are 

 not more than 3 times as long as broad, the first a little longer than 

 the second; terminal joints thicker, the penultimate joint as broad as 



Fig. 56. (Ecophylla hrevinodis sp. nov. Worker. B 18730. 



long. Thorax stouter, the pronotum as broad as long, the mesonotum 

 but little longer than broad, the base of the epinotum long and not 

 very convex. The petiole is as broad as long, with a low rounded 

 node which has a faint, but distinct longitudinal impression in the 

 middle. Gaster from above nearly circular, scarcely longer than broad, 



