1944] Genus Pseudomyrma 99 
and somewhat more abundant pubescence. Head, sides of the 
pronotum and all articulations, yellow. Rest of the body reddish 
brown. Length 8 mm. 
Type locality: Peru. 
Male. 
Head very short ; eyes occupying the whole sides of the head. 
Mandibles short, finely striated, with a large apical and a few 
small basal teeth; with sparse and very long hairs. Clypeus 
with a projecting, circular lobe, prolonged backward between 
the antennal insertions. Frontal carinae absent. Scapes so short 
that they form but elongate beads. Funiculi ten-jointed, with 
all joints of equal length and thickness. Occiput slightly si- 
nusoid. Whole head densely punctate and opaque, bright yel- 
low from the mandibles to the level of the antennal insertions, 
dark brown further back. Thorax of the usual shape; Mayrian 
furrow distinct, wings yellow and very hairy; very finely sculp- 
tured leaving the integument shiny; light brown, with all su- 
tures yellow, petiole and postpetiole extraordinarily slender, 
the petiole thinned to a very slender stalk, with a slight swelling 
in the posterior third; with sparse long hairs and dense, coarse 
pubescence. Gaster very slender with dense pubescence. The 
petiole is unarmed below. 
Bicolored, with part of the head dark brown, thorax lighter 
brown, the color gradually becoming lighter backward, gaster 
dark yellow. 
Gynotype No. 7 9 A, Androtype No. 79B, both in the Haskins 
Collection. 
