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Psyche 
[March 
petiole and gaster shining; legs finely and densely punctate 
and shining. Hair moderately abundant on head, thorax 
and abdomen, erect and very coarse, whitish in color. 
Color piceous except the anterior half of the epinotal 
spines which are ivory white; legs and antennae somewhat 
lighter. 
Described from a small series of workers taken in quar- 
antine at Honolulu on roots of Oncidium splendidum, from 
Guatemala. 
A very distinct species, superficially resembling albaspina 
from Mono Island, but much larger, more shining and with 
entirely different petiole. 
Co-types No. 50802, U. S. National Museum. 
Zatapinoma wheeleri n. sp. 
Soldier (Fig. 2) 
Length 2.75 mm. 
Head nearly twice as long as broad and broader in front 
than behind, with straight parallel sides, broadly rounded 
occipital corners and very shallowly concave borders. Eyes 
elongate, very slightly convex with nine facets in their 
greatest longitudinal diameter. Mandibles large and thick, 
