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FIG. 14. PSEUDOMYRMA MALIGNA SP. NOV. 

 worker in lateral view : b, head of same from above ; c, head of female. 



distinct angle. Petiole shorter, only one and one-half times as 

 long as broad, the node more rounded and more abruptly trun- 

 cated behind, the spine at the anterior end of the ventral surface 

 longer, more curved and hook-like. Postpetiole more convex 

 above and at the sides, its anteroventral tooth less acute. Gaster 

 more slender; legs somewhat shorter. 



Surface of body even smoother and more shining than in 

 damnosa; mandibles, head and thorax very smooth, with very 

 small, shallow, uniformly scattered punctures ; pedicel and gaster 

 with even smaller and more indistinct punctures. 



Hairs pale yellowish, short, uneven and similar to those of 

 damnosa but much less numerous. Pubescence shorter and more 

 dilute, so that it does not dim the shining surface of the gaster, 

 longer and more distinct on the tibiae and tarsi. 



Deep castaneous; mandibles, clypeus, cheeks, antennae, pro- 

 notum usually, sides of epinotum, petiole and postpetiole, wholly 

 or dorsally, sides and bases of the gastric segments, legs, except 

 the middle portions of the femora of all the pairs and of the tibiae 

 of the middle and hind pairs, yellowish brown. In some speci- 

 mens the pronotum is also more or less castaneous above and 



