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New Ants Collected in Quarantine 
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TWO NEW ANTS COLLECTED IN QUARANTINE 
By W. M. Mann 
National Zoological Park, Washington, D. C. 
The writer has for some years had the privilege of seeing 
and identifying the ants collected at the various quarantine 
stations of the United States Government. These are inter- 
cepted from all parts of the world, and during the course 
of years a great many species have been received. There 
is of course a preponderance of certain common tropical 
species, but occasionally great rarities come in. 
During the past year two most interesting species have 
been sent from the station at Honolulu, one a Macromischa , 
the other a second species of the genus Zatapinoma , both of 
which seem worth while recording here. 
Macromischa luciliae n. sp. 
Worker (Fig. 1) 
Length 2.75 mm. 
Head a little longer than broad, slightly narrower in 
front than behind, with moderately convex sides, broadly 
rounded occipital corners and nearly straight borders. Cly- 
peus, convex, truncate in front; frontal area large and 
strongly impressed. Eyes convex, situated slightly 
in front of middle side of head. Antennal scapes barely 
surpassing occipital corners; first funicular joint as long 
as the two following joints together; joints 2-9 sub-equal 
in length, slightly broader than long; club elongate; the 
terminal joint as long as the two preceding joints together. 
Thorax in profile very arcuate, without distinct sutures; 
epinotal spines stout, nearly straight, as long as the epinotal 
declivity. Postpetiole long and slender ; the peduncle twice 
as long as the node, which rises abruptly and is higher than 
long and from above broader than the node and 1% times 
as broad as long. Femora, especially posterior pair, thick- 
ened. 
Head and thorax closely punctate and sublucid, the thorax 
and epinotum more closely than the head; petiole, post- 
