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(1 encapsulated and 4 bearing a spinule each) sensilla; an isolated 
sensillum medial to each palp; opening of sericteries wide and with a 
sclerotized projection at each side. Hypopharynx with minute 
spinules in transverse rows. (Masterial studied: 16 larvae from 
Huesca, Spain, courtesy of X. Espadaler.) 
Tribe 7. Oecophyllini 
Genus OECOPHYLLA F. Smith 
Hinton 1951: 169. The larvae of Wurthia aurivillii Kemner and W. 
myrmecophila Roepke (Pyralididae) feed on the brood of ants of 
this genus. 
Tribe 9. Plagiolepidini 
Genus ACANTHOLEPIS Mayr 
Acantholepis frauenfeldi Mayr 
Tohme and Tohme 1975: 136-138. “Les 5 stades larvaires sont 
identifies grace a leur forme, leur dimension et surtout leurs poils.” 
Fig. 3 (p. 136). 
Tribe 10. Brachymyrmecini 
Genus BRACHYMYRMEX Mayr 
Brachymyrmex admotus Mayr 
Length (through spiracles) about 1.6 mm. Very similar to Bra- 
chymyrmex depilis (1953: 139) except in the following details. Type 2 
body hairs twice as long (0.15 mm). Head hairs 2- or 3-branched: 
0.038-0.075 mm long. Mandible with apical tooth slightly more 
curved medially. Palp and galea subequal in height; galea more 
slender. Labial palp taller. (Material studied: 6 larvae from Costa 
Rica, courtesy of Jack Longino.) 
Tribe 12. Camponotini 
When we defined “praesaepium” (1953:180) we had overlooked 
the first description (without a name) of the structure by W. M. 
Wheeler and Bailey (1920:270-271): — “In a study undertaken by 
the senior author and Mr. George C. Wheeler of the larvae of a large 
number of other ant genera, no structure .comparable to the Pseu- 
domyrmine trophothylax has been found, except in certain species 
