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Psyche 
[June 
inse low but distinct. Petiole, in profile, with a distinct 
peduncle which narrows anteriorly; node rising suddenly 
but evenly and with evenly convex dorsal surface ; postpeti- 
ole subglobular. Gaster ovate with acutely pointed apex. 
Legs moderately long and slender. 
Surface of the head and thorax irregularly reticulate, 
subopaque ; gaster smooth and shining except for the 
coarsely striate basal 
Fig. 1. Strumigenys ( Cepholoxys ) talpa, n. sp., head of 
worker in anterior view. 
Hairs of the dorsal surface of the head moderately long, 
abundant, reflexed; with several long, fine and erect hairs 
projecting from the postero-lateral margins of the head; 
hairs of clypeus numerous, narrow-squamose ; hairs of man- 
dibles short and subappressed ; about 6 moderately long 
hairs fringing the anterior margin of the scape and bent 
distally. Hairs of thorax long, fine, suberect or reclining. 
Hairs of legs long, fine, appressed and abundant. Antennal 
and tarsal joints with appressed pubescence. Gaster with 
a few long straggling hairs becoming more numerous and 
shorter distally. Spongiform bodies well developed, cover- 
ing the anterior end of the gaster, all the postpetiole except 
the dorsal surface and the posterior dorsal half of the 
petiole. 
