MANN": ANTS OF THK HKIl ISII SOLOMON' ISLANDS. 



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5. Postpetiole margined at sides. Length 3.5-4.5 mm procera Emory. 



Posti)etiole not margined at sides. Length 3.-3.5 mm 6. 



f>. Color fuscoferruginous (Solomons) procera subsp. rnalua Mann. 



Color piceous. (Solomons), .procera subsp. malua var. melanotica Mann. 



DOLICHODERLNAE. 



87. TURNERIA PACIFICA, sp. nOV. 



Worker. Length 2.25 mm. 



Head a Httle longer than broad, nearly as broad in front as behind, with 

 convex sides and very shallowly concave posterior border. Mandibles with 

 sL\ teeth, the third and fifth smaller than the others. Anterior border of 

 clj-peus almost straight except at sides, where it 

 is concave; posterior border broadly rounded. 

 Frontal area obscure. Frontal carinae very feeble, 

 extending a little beyond anterior border of eyes. 

 Eyes elongate, large, nearly a third as long as 

 head; situated on sides of front, a httle posterior 

 to middle. Antennal scapes slender, almost at- 

 taining occipital corners; funicular joints longer 

 than broad. Prouotimi slightly broader than 

 long, surface rather flat; humeri with an elevated, 

 elongate process, like a short carina. Mesonotum 

 longer than broad. Mesoepinotal impression broad and deep. Base of epi- 

 notum convex, subtriangular, truncate behind; in profile the posterior mar- 

 gin appearing bluntly cone-shaped and extending over the short and very 



Fig. 39. — Tiirneria pacifica 

 Mann. Worker. Front 

 view of head. 



Fig. 40. — Turneria pacifica Mann. Worker. Lateral view of thorax and petiole. 



concave dechvity. Scale twice as high as long, convex in front, straight 

 behind, rounded above. Gaster short, oval. 



Occiput and gaster shining, the rest subopaque; very finely punctate 

 throughout; and microscopically pruinose. Ch-peus and front with a few 

 erect hairs. 



Gaster black, the remainder j-ellow-brown; terminal joint of funiculus 

 darker. 



