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Synonymous Ant Names. — The following new syno- 
nymy has recently been established: 
Kyidris nuda Brown (1949, Mushi, 20:23-24, female) is 
a new synonym of Kyidris mutica Brown (1949, Mushi, 20: 
3-6, fig. 1, worker). Of nests reared by Okamoto in Shiko- 
ku, the workers are typical of K. mutica, while the females 
agree perfectly with the Formosan type of K. nuda. Dr. 
Yasumatsu has kindly made the necessary comparison. The 
families are relatively unusually small for dacetines, and 
differ in sculpture and pilosity from the workers. 
Lordomyrma nobilis Yasumatsu (1950, Ins. Matsumura- 
na, 17: 75-78, fig. 2, worker, male) is a new synonym of Ro- 
geria azumai Santschi (1941, Mitt, schweiz. ent. Ges., 18: 
275), making a new combination, Lordomyrma azumai 
(Santschi). Santschi’s description arrived belatedly in 
Japan. Types of the two forms, compared by Dr. Yasumat- 
su, prove to be identical. — W. L. Brown, Jr., Museum of 
Comparative Zoology. 
