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joints '2-7 of the funiculi (lintinctly broader (lum lon(t; <'lul) Konicwluit lon^iT 

 than 11h' n'nwiinclcr of tlic funiculus. Tlioriix roliuht, llic pronotuni limml 

 and convex, its liutncri |)n>tni(iinK as bluntly nmndcd an^^lcs; nicHonotutn 

 slopiHft, witii a transverse torus in the middle. Kpinotuin low, ilH baw in 

 profile straight and h)nKer than (he declivity; the spines Hhort, rather erect, 

 much shorter tlian tlie base of the epinotuin and shorter than their dintanct! 

 apart at their inwrtions. Petiole short, the anterior slope of the node very 

 concave, its sununit l)lunt, transverse, and rather <le<'i)Iy einar^inate, it« 

 ptisterior slope abrupt. I'ostiK'tiole slifrhtly broa<ler than tlu- jK-tioU-, trans- 

 verse, very convex above, broader in front than behind, the sides rounded. 

 Gastor broadly elliptical, flattened, smaller than the head, with straight 

 anterior border. L(.>gs with stout, slightly swollen femora. 



Somewhat shining; mandibles smooth, minutely and sparsely punctate. 

 Clj^peus smooth and shining in the middle, nigose on the sides; remainder of 

 head sculptured, the anterior 1 longitudinally rugose, with feebly reticulate 

 interrugal areas, especially on the sides, the j)osterior third reticulately rugose, 

 the scrolx'-like areas den.sely punctate. Neck, pronotuni, and mesonotum 

 more finely reticulate-rugose; epinotum smooth and shining; petiole and 

 postpetiole subopaque, indistinctly and very finely punctate or alutaceouj5. 

 Gaster and legs smooth and shining, sparsely and finely jiunctate. 



Hairs yellow, erect or subereet, coarse, rather long, of uneven length, mf)re ' 

 abundant on the bodj' than on the appendages. 



Ferruginous; gaster darker, brown; legs and antennae paler, more yellow- 

 ish; borders of mandibles and clypeus blackish. 



Worker. Length 1.4 mm. 



Head -^ longer than broad, subrectangular, with ver>' feebly convex ."sides 

 and feebly sinuate posterior border, as broad in front as behind. Eyes very 

 small, at the middle of the sides of the head. Mandibles with obhque apical 

 margins furnished with four acute, subequal teeth. Ch-peus short, convex, 

 its anterior border broadly rounded, entire. Antennal scapes reaching the 

 posterior border of the head. Thorax rather slender; pro- and mesonotum 

 fused, feebly rounded above and on the sides; mesoepinotal constriction short 

 and deep. Epinotum with .subequal base and declivity, the spines reduced 

 to small, rather blunt teeth, not longer than broad at their bases. .Superior 

 border of petiolar node transverse and entire. Postpetiole much as in the 

 soldier. 



Smooth and shining; mesopleurae and sides of epinotum den.sely punctate; 

 petiolar and postpctiolar nodes subopaque. 



Hairs whitish, erect, more uniform and somewhat more abundant than in 

 thp soldier, especially on the legs and scapes. 



Yellowish brown; head and gaster a little darker; thorax and appendages 

 paler and more yellowish. 



