80 
Psyche 
[June 
dibularis, a dealated female taken by Henery Walter 
Bates at St. Pawlo, Brazil. 
F. Smith’s original description may be found in the 
Journal of Entomology, 1862, vol. 1, pp. 72-73, pi. 4, figs. 
6 and 7. 
Strumigenys ( Cephaloxys ) capitata F. Smith 
2. Lighhbrownisli red ; eyes, space between ocelli, and 
teeth of mandibles black. Head, thorax, and node of 
petiole finely, granulate, declivity of epinotum, petiole, 
and gaster smooth and shining. 
Head long triangular, or cordate, considerably nar- 
rower at apex than at base, broadest across ocelli, pos- 
terior angles rounded, posterior border moderately 
deeply excised; mandibles (only the left is present) 
rather short, pointed at apex, curved, the masticatory bor- 
der armed with a row of small sharp teeth; clypeus 
almost as broad as long, somewhat flat, anterior and 
posterior borders rounded, furrows separating it from 
rest of head narrow but well marked; frontal carince 
forming the upper border of two rather deep scrobes 
above and ending beyond eyes ; eyes fairly large, round 
oval, not very convex; ocelli small; antenncc six-jointed, 
scape curved, upper surface flat, not as long as funiculus ; 
f uniculus with last two joints long, but last joint pointed, 
and about as long as the preceding joints all taken to- 
gether. Thorax longer than broad, but stout and con- 
vex; pronotum with a neck, anterior border rounded, 
anterior angles blunt, posterior border deeply excised 
embracing the mesonotum; mesonotum about as long as 
broad, narrower in front than behind, narrowed to 
apex, anterior border rounded, posterior border almost 
straight, a thin slightly raised line is present down centre 
of mesonotum; prcescutellum very narrow, marked with 
short, not very close longitudinal ridges ; scutellum fairly 
convex, transverse oval, anterior border almost straight, 
posterior border rounded, jutting out over metanotum 
and epinotum; metanotum very narrow and transverse, 
almost hidden beneath scutellum; epinotum armed with 
two short pointed teeth, dorsal surface transverse, 
