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their inner blades with five coarse teeth. Clypeus nearly 
straight at anterior border; surface at sides with two 
strong nearly parallel carinse, the surface moderately con- 
vex. Funicular scapes extending about % the distance to 
occipital corners, slightly thickened apically; funiculi mod- 
erately enlarged toward the tip, the first joint longer than 
the second and third together; joints 2-10 broader than 
long; terminal joint longer than the two preceding joints 
together. Thorax robust, pronotum more than twice as 
broad as long, broader in front than behind and with nearly 
straight sides; mesonotum from above l 1 /^ times as long as 
Fig. 2. Zatapinoma wheeleri sp. nov. Worker. Profile view 
and dorsal view of head. 
pronotum, narrowed posteriorly; mesoepinotal suture very 
distinct ; epinotum a little longer than broad in profile, with 
convex base and declivity; petiole sub-rectangular. 
Moderately shining except mandibles and clypeus which 
are shallowly but densely punctate and opaque, the remain- 
der smooth. Hairs very sparse, pubescence very fine and 
short, yellow in color, both abundant on head. 
Color pale yellowish brown. 
Described from three soldiers taken in quarantine at 
Honolulu on plants from Samoa. 
Co-types. No. 50801, U. S. National Museum. 
The only other described species, Z. annandalei, recently 
described from India by Wheeler, differs in having the head 
broader, the mandibular teeth smaller and more numerous, 
and the clypeal area darker than the rest of head. 
