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succeeding joints together, terminal joint as long as the 
two preceding. Thorax including the neck about twice as 
long as broad, pronotum as broad as long ; mesonotum con- 
vex, rounded subtriangular, broader than long; epinotum 
nearly as broad as the mesonotum, its base broader than 
long, rounding into the longer, feebly concave and nearly 
perpendicular declivity. Petiolar scale high, moderately 
thin, inclined forward, narrowed above, with rounded, en- 
tire, compressed superior border. Gaster elongate-ellip- 
tical. Legs rather stout. 
Fig. 3. Pseudolasius ( Nesolasius ) typhlops sp. nov. Soldier; 
a, in profile; b , head, dorsal view. 
Mandibles, clypeus, thoracic dorsum and gaster shining, 
remainder of body subopaque, very finely shagreened, with 
fine piligerous punctures. Cheeks and antennal fossae finely, 
longitudinally striate. 
Hairs and pubescence pale yellow, the former long, erect 
and conspicuous on the gaster, shorter and much sparser 
on the head and thorax, long on the clypeus; hind tibiae 
with a few long and oblique hairs on their extensor surfaces. 
Pubescence dense, especially on the head, thorax, scapes and 
legs, much more dilute on the gaster; appressed except on 
the thoracic dorsum. 
Uniformly pale yellow, except the mandibles which are 
darker and more reddish, with black teeth. 
