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(2) The basal part of the receptaculum does not bear an apical ap- 
pendix as in the other species of the genus known to me. 
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THE ANT APIIAENOGASTER GAT ESI TRANS- 
FERRED TO PHEIDOLE . — Pheidole gatesi is the necessary NEW 
combination for A phae no gaster (Attomyrma) gatesi Wheeler, 1927, 
Psyche, 34: 44, worker (minor); type locality Rangoon, Burma. 
The types of A. gatesi are really minors of some species of the 
Pheidole smythiesi group (=subgenus C erato pheidole) . When com- 
pared directly with types of P. smythiesi f the gatesi cotypes showed 
differences in head shape and in details of the mesonotum and post- 
petiole that are strong enough to indicate distinctness at the species 
level, at least until we have further knowledge of intraspecific varia- 
tion in this group. The type comparison was incidental to work done 
in European museums during 1963 under National Science Founda- 
tion Grant G-23680. — W. L. Brown, Jr., Department of 
Entomology, Cornell University. 
