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of the node, which in profile is l<- narrowed and more rounded 

 abo> e, 



In the large scries before me the petiole of tin- worker is pointed 

 above instead <>t" broadly rounded or emarginate. Type. — M. C. Z. 

 8,721, 



71. Camponotus (Myrmegonia) bchmeltzij Mayr. Fig. 

 Sitz. Akad. wise. Wien, 1866, 53, p. 490, 2 . 



Worker. Length 5.5 6 nun. 



II ad a little longer than broad, Bides very slightly convex, sides of occiput 

 Bubmargined, the corners, seen from the Bides, Bubanguktte, posterior border 

 shallowly concave. Mandibles 5-dentate. Clypeus moderately convex, 



Fig. 32. — Camponotus (Myrmegonia) schmeltzii Mayr. a. Soldier. Lateral view of head, 

 thorax, and petiole, b. Worker. Lateral view of thorax and petiole. 



anterior border rounded. Antennal scapes surpassing occipital borders by 

 nearly half their Length. Eyes large, slightly convex, situated behind the 

 middle of sides of head. Pronotum a little longer than broad. Mesoepinotum 

 strongly compressed, behind, in profile elevated and unevenly, arcuately 

 rounded. Petiolar node in profile inclined forward, pointed in front, margined 

 at sides, anterior face short and convex, the dorsal surface long, sloping, and 

 rounding into the posterior. Legs long and slender, femora and tibiae com- 

 pressed. 



