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thickened lowjirds tlieir li|)s, which ex(<'iul a little l>e)oiuJ the iM)steri()r orhits; 

 funicuh rather loiifj, joints 1-9 bntader than long, joint 10 as long as hroad, 

 tenniiml joint as long as the two preceding joints together, somewhat tapering 

 and not broader than the i>enultiniate joint. 'I'horax slightly narrower than 

 the head, distinctly hn)ader through the epinotuni than through the pronotum, 

 less than twice as long as broad, without proniesonotal and mesoepinotal 

 sutures. Pro- and niesonotum together rectangular, as long as broad; epino- 

 tuni with i;(>iituled, rather swollen sides. In profile the whole thorax is feebly 

 and evenly rounded above. Epinotal decUvity abrupt, very strongly eariiiate 

 above and on the sides, as is also the pronotum. Pleurae concave. Petiole 

 as broad as the epinotuni, rectangular, nearly IJ times as l)road as long, as 

 broad in front as behind, feeblj- convex above, truncated anteriorly and 

 posteriorly, with its anterior and lateral borders marginatc and its posterior 

 angles produced as a pair of triangular, rather acute teeth. Postpetiole 

 rectangular, a little broader than long, as broad in front as behind and as 

 broad as the petiole, feebly convex above, marginate in front, with sharp 

 anterior corners, submarginate on the sides. First gastric segment a little 

 larger than the postpetiole, as long as broad, with more convex sides and 

 dorsum, ventrally, in fron,t, with a conspicuous rounded tubercle. Pygidium 

 truncate, with finely spinulate border. Legs rather short, hind coxae with a 

 rounded expansion at the tip on the inner side. 



Moderately shining; mandibles very sparsely and coarsely punctate; body 

 finely punctate, dorsal surfaces of head and thorax also with irregular scattered 

 foveolae; region between the eyes and frontal carinae smooth and shining. 

 Sides of head and thorax also more shining and less punctate. 



Hairs and pubescence grayish, the hairs rather short, sparse, erect, both on 

 the body and appendages, longest and most abundant at the tip of the gaster, 

 the pubescence rather long and abundant, especially on the petiole, postpetiole, 

 gaster, legs, and antennae, but also well-developed on the thoracic dorsum and 

 head. 



Black; mandibles, antennae, legs, pygidium, and sting dark red, the middle 

 portions of the scapes, femora, and tibiae somewhat darker. 



Female. Length 4 mm. 



Very similar to the worker. Thorax through the wing-insertions as broad 

 as the head; mesonotum small, flat, a Uttle broader than long, shap>ed like an 

 isosceles triangle, with the apex directed anteriorly. Sculpture, pilosity, and 

 color as in the worker. Wings yellowish hyaline, with pale yellow veins and 

 conspicuous brown pterostigma. 



Described from four workers and three females taken by ^Ir. John 

 Hew-itt at Kuchmg. Tj/p^.— M. C. Z. 8,945. 



Tliis species seems to be closely related to Ph. pubescens Emery, 

 described from a dealated female, but hewitti is much smaller {puhes- 



