wheeler: JAMAICAN ANTS. 



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middle and hind tibiae slightly compressed, distinctly grooved, with- 

 out a row of bristle on their flexor surfaces. 



Shining; mandibles coarsely punctate, shagreened and subopaque 

 at the base. Head subopaque, densely punctate in front, shagreened 

 behind; clypeus and cheeks more shining, covered with sparse, elon- 

 gate, shallow, piligerous foveolae. Thorax, petiole, gaster, and legs 

 very finely shagreened and covered with small, sparse, piligerous 

 punctures. 



Hairs yellow, loirg, erect, and sparse on the body, shorter on the gula, 



Fig. 1. Camponolus {Myrmolurba) conspicuus F. Smith, a, head of worker maxima, 

 b, head of female, c, head of worker maxima of C {Myrmothrix) hannani Forel, d, 

 head of female. 



longest on the gaster. Scapes with a few erect hairs at their tips. 

 Legs and especially the tibiae with very short, stiff, oblique hairs. 

 Cheeks and clypeus with a number of somewhat longer, suberect hairs. 

 Pubescence yellow, rather long, dilute, very distinct on the gaster 

 and corners of the head, almost lacking on the thorax, indistinct on 

 the antennal scapes. 



Yellowish red; head a little darker, legs slightly paler; mandibles 

 and antennae dark red, the former with black teeth; anterior border 



