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Psyche 
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Body and appendages with sparse erected white hairs. 
Color of body dark brilliant green. 
Described from ipany workers found in several localities 
of Santa Clara, Central Cuba, by Pedro Bermudez. “They 
were found walking on big limestone rocks apparently nest- 
ing under them.” 
Type locality: “La Vigia, ,, Mayajigua, Santa Clara. 
The cotypes are in the M. C. Z. and in the author’s col- 
lection. 
I have also specimens from “El Yigre,” Caibarien; 
Seibabo de Yaguajay, and Chambas. 
Named for my friend Pedro Bemudez, its discoverer. 
This form is very remarkable on account of the short 
epinotal spines, which show a transition between the sub- 
genera Macromischa s.s. and Croesomyrmex. The pres- 
ence of spines is characteristic of the former, but all the 
remaining characters are those of M. wheeleri, which is 
the genotype of Croesomyrmex. 
The female of ivheeleri has also short epinotal spines, 
and it is to be noted that intermediate characters have 
been found in a form of the type species of Croesomyrmex. 
Differs from the typical form of the species by the 
presence of epinotal spines, and by its color which is more 
deeply green. In all the specimens of wheeleri in the collec- 
tion of M. C. Z., the color is brownish green. 
Macromischa foreli nom. nov. 
Macromischa petiolata (Forel). Emery, Genera Insec- 
torum, 1920, p. 245 (nec M. petiolata Mayr, 1868). 
Macromischa petiolata Wheeler, Bull. M. C. Z. 72, 1, 1931. 
Leptothorax petiolatus Forel, Ann. Soc. Ent. Bel. 45, 1901, 
p. 229. 
This species was described by Forel as Leptothorax peti- 
olatus, in 1901, from specimens collected by Wheeler at 
“Cuernavaca,” Morelos, Mexico, with the suggestion that 
it might be considered as a Macromischa. Emery (1920) 
