wheeler: the ants of cuba. 489 



This species resembles M. iris Roger in size and in the shape of 

 the thorax but the sculpture is very different. 



30. Macromischa poeyi, sp. nov. 



Worker. Length fully 5 mm. 



Head somewhat longer than broad, with the eyes at the middle of 

 its sides. Whole body long and slender; thorax as broad behind as 

 in front, feebly and rather broadly constricted in the middle. Epi- 

 notum rounded, unarmed. Petiole very long and slender, nearly six 

 times as long as broad, with a long slender peduncle passing gradually 

 into the very low, rounded node. Postpetiole campanulate, sub- 

 triangular from above, with straight sides, about as broad as long. 

 Gaster small, elongate elliptical. Legs and antennae very long, the 

 femora with their basal half thin and uniformly cylindrical, and the 

 apical half suddenly incrassated. Tibiae slender, not clavate. 



Thorax slightly opaque, very finely and densely punctate; re- 

 mainder of body more shining; pronotum obliquely, meso- and 

 epinotum longitudinally rugulose on the sides. 



Hairs white, erect, and sparse, most distinct on the thorax. 



Body dark red; gaster, incrassated portions of femora and the 

 head blackish or dark brown; pronotum in front more yellowish. 



Described from two specimens (no. 466) in the Gundlach collection, 

 without precise locality. 



This species resembles M. lugens Roger in the shape of the thorax, 

 but the legs are very different and unlike those of any species of the 

 genus known to me. 



31. Crematogaster sanguinea Roger.. 

 Berl. ent. zeitschr., 1863, 7, p. 208 g . 



The types of this species were taken by Gundlach near Cardenas. 

 He states that it also occurs in the environs of Santiago de Cuba. 

 There is in his collection a single cotype (no. 130) which agrees 

 closely with Roger's description. It has the pronotum coarsely 

 reticulate-rugose, the head, thorax, pedicel, legs, antennae, and base 

 of the first gastric segment light red, the remainder of the gaster 

 black. Two workers taken by Mr. E. A. Schwarz at Cayamas evi- 

 dently belong to this form of the species. 



