Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College . Fig. 37.— Rhopalothrix proccra iiialua Mann. Worker. Lateral view of thorax,petiole, and abdomen. Opaque, except gaster and legs which are very faintly shining. Denselyand coarsely punctate throughout, with the punctation of gaster and legssomewhat more shallow than the rest. Above with sparse, semiclavate hairsand scattered fine and recumbent pilosity, ventral surface and coxae with fine,long, and erect hairs. Legs and antennae with recumbent Fig. 38.— Rhopalothrix procera nialua Mann. Male. Lateral view. Black; man
Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College . Fig. 37.— Rhopalothrix proccra iiialua Mann. Worker. Lateral view of thorax,petiole, and abdomen. Opaque, except gaster and legs which are very faintly shining. Denselyand coarsely punctate throughout, with the punctation of gaster and legssomewhat more shallow than the rest. Above with sparse, semiclavate hairsand scattered fine and recumbent pilosity, ventral surface and coxae with fine,long, and erect hairs. Legs and antennae with recumbent Fig. 38.— Rhopalothrix procera nialua Mann. Male. Lateral view. Black; mandibles, antennae, lamellate extensions of epinotal spines, apexof gaster and legs, except coxae, fuscoferruginous. Wings (length mm.) stronglj- infuscated; veins brown. Santa Cruz: Bay. San CristoAal: Pamua, Wainoni Bay,Wal-ai. Three Sisters: Malapaina. Ysabel: Fulakora. Rendova. 360 bvlletin: museum of comparative zoology. A large series of workers from several loealities agree with Emerysdescription of procera except that the postpetiole is not margined atsides and the size averages smaller. (Length mm.) The female is distinctly smaller (Length 4 mm.) than in typicalprocera, though agreeing in other respects. The wings are ratherstrongly infuscated, with brown veins. Small ecilonies were found between layers of rotten wood or beneathbark when there was moisture. It is a very slow moving species. There is considerable variation in the color of the workers, fromrufotestaceous to rufofuscous
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