136 William Morton Wheeler 



Ocelli at the corners of a moderately large triangle. Mandibles small, 

 subrectangular, 5 -toothed, the two apical teeth largest. Clypeus 

 flattened, with entire anterior border, somewhat sinuate on each side. 

 In profile the clypeus and mandibles form an obliquely truncated 

 anterior surface to the head, somewhat as in certain species of Colo- 

 bopsis. Maxillary palpi long, 6-jointed ; labial palpi 4-jointed. Antennae 

 small and short, 11- jointed, the scapes not reaching to the posterior 

 border of the head, funiculi enlarged towards their tips but without 

 a differentiated club; all the joints except the first and last broader 

 than long, last joint longer than the two preceding joints together. 

 Frontal carinse extremely short, nearly as far apart as the distance 

 between each of them and the lateral border of the head, the clypeus 

 not continued back between them but bounded behind by a straight 

 transverse suture, very near which the antennae are inserted. Frontal 

 area distinct, triangular; frontal groove distinct but reaching only half 

 way to the anterior ocellus. Thorax but little broader than the head, 

 elliptical, with the mesonotum and scutellum flattened, and the epinotum 

 long, depressed, sloping, without distinct base or declivity. Petiole 

 thick, low and blunt. Gaster elongate elliptical, with parallel sides. 

 Legs rather short and stout, with strong, simple spurs on the middle 

 and hind tibiae and well -developed simple claws and large empodia 

 on the tarsi. Venation of wings as in (Ecophylla, without a discal cell, 

 with one cubital and a closed radial cell, but with proportionally larger 

 stigma. Type Drymomyrmex fuscipennis, sp. nov. 



Drymomyrmex fuscipennis , sp. nov. 



Female (Fig. 65). Length about 7 mm; fore wing 6 mm. 



Antennal scapes curved, gradually incrassated towards their tips 

 which reach a little beyond the posterior orbits; first funicular joint 

 as long as the two succeding joints together; joints 2 — 5 much, joints 

 6—9 slightly, broader than long. 



Body shining, finely punctate and shagreened; cheeks and front 

 also with coarse, scattered, elongate punctures; mandibles coarsely 

 striatopunctate. 



Upper surface of gaster, thorax and head together with the cly- 

 peus, mandibles, palpi and antennal scapes covered with numerous short 

 erect or suberect hairs; legs with shorter, more appressed and less 

 conspicuous, though equally dense, pilosity. The hairs on the front 

 and clypeus are especially prominent as in certain species of Camponotus 

 and Colohopsis. 



