1.944] Genus Pseudomyrma 81 
cence long and adpressed, on the tibiae short and fine. Head to 
pedicel opaque, gaster subopaque. Color uniformly brownish 
yellow. 
Type locality: Puerto Castilho, Honduras (Bequaert). In 
Acacia. 
The new subspecies is easily distinguished from the type as 
well as from the other varieties and subspecies by its color. It 
is closest to the subspecies julvescens Emery, which is reddish- 
testaceous with a darker abdomen. The pedicel from above in 
julvescens is nearly triangular, with convex sides and blunt 
margin. 
Cotype 23139, Harvard Collection, 8 specimens. 
Pseudomyrma belti subsp. venifica subsp. nov. 
Worker. 
Length 4-4.5 mm. Head shaped as in the type. Mandibles 
faintly striated. Clypeus with a much narrower but rectangular 
lobe; front and clypeus with abundant pilosity. Prothorax 
about as long as broad, not marginate at the sides. Mesonotal 
disc transversely oval ; epinotum nearly twice as long as broad, 
broadest at the level of the stigmata. The node from above 
shaped as in P. decipiens (PI. II, fig. 13), not marginate at the 
sides. Postpetiole broader than long, more than twice as broad as 
the petiole. Abdomen very slender. Thorax strongly constricted 
between the meso- and epinotum, seen in profile. The epinotum 
is very convex, the base evenly rounded into the declivity, not 
forming an angle. The petiole in profile as in P. belti bequoerti. 
Color deep brown, the prothorax and petiole and sometimes 
the gaster lighter brown. 
Type locality: Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico. (Townsend). 
Female. 
Length 5 mm. The female is very distinctly bicolored with 
a reddish brown ground color; the prothorax, mesothorax (ex- 
cept the disc) and petiole very light brown to yellow. 
This form is easily recognized by its extraordinarily long 
pubescence, especially on the pedicel, gaster and legs, which 
gives this ant a shaggy appearance. It is a transition form but 
nearer to belti than to P. decipiens. 
Described from 20 specimens, labelled Cotype 20538, in the 
Collection of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 
