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Psyche 
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Sibley, Mississippi from the twigs of elder. The nesting habits 
of the two seem to be about the same. Besides the localities 
mentioned the writer has specimens from Columbus and A. & M. 
College. 
The soldier of this subspecies can be recognized by its pe- 
culiarly blunt head, the truncated area of which is oblique in 
profile. The clypeus on the truncated area projects above the 
surface very noticeably and it much broader above than below. 
The punctation and sculpturing on the anterior portion of the 
head is regular and distinct. When the head of the soldier is 
viewed from above it appears rectangular, very little broader 
than long, with divergent sides and inflated cheeks. 
The workers can be distinguished by the very deep cons- 
triction at the meso-epinotum and by the prominent 2-toothed 
petiole, both of which are very different from those of mississip- 
piensis. 
The color in fraxinicola is variable as in the preceeding 
species, some specimens being very dark while others are lighter 
and have more yellow on the base of the gaster and the second 
segment. 
