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10. WlIEELERIPONE LUCIDA, .sp. nOV. 



]\'urkcr. Length 3 inin. 



Differing from the preceding species in the much smaller size and in the form 

 of the petiole, which in profile is distinctly higher than long, conve.xly declivous 

 in front, with the flat anterior space very poorly defined. 



There are no striae on the mesonotum, which is very smooth and shining. 

 (Hherwise it is a miniature of albidava in form, sculpture, and color, but with 

 more abundant and proportionately coarser hairs on the head and body. 



Malaita: Auki. 



Described from a solitarv worker. 



11. Wheeleripone crexaticeps, sp. nov. 



Worker. Length 3 mm. 



Head one and a half times longer than broad, nearly as broad in front as 

 behind, with feebly convex sides and narrowly rounded occipital corners; 

 occipital border verj' shallowly and narrowly concave at middle. Mandibles 

 stout, trigonal, the blades with indistinct widely separated denticles. Clypeus 

 convex basally; anterior border subangulate at middle. Frontal carinae 



Fig. 4. — Wheeleripone crenaticeps Mann. Worker. Lateral view of thorax and petiole. 



strong, parallel for half their length, then slightly diverging and becoming 

 tortuous. Frontal area deeply impressed. Antennal scapes surpassing 

 occipital corners by one fourth of their length; funicular joints 1-2 longer than 

 broad, the first the longest, joints 3-7 very shghtly broader than long; joints 

 8-11 forming a rather slender club wdth the terminal joint almost as long as 

 the other three together. Prothorax broader than long, rounded in front and 

 sides; in profile convex in front and rather flat behind. Promesonotal suture 

 very feebly impressed. Mesonotvma more than twice as broad as long, flat 



