. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Zoology. MANN: ANTS OF THE BRITISH SOLOMON ISLANDS. 285 10. Wheeleripone lucida, sp. nov. Worker. Length 3 mm. Differing from the preceding species in the much smaller size and in the form of the petiole, which in profile is distinctly higher than long, convexly declivous in front, with the flat anterior space very poorly defined. There are no striae on the mesonotum, which is very smooth and shining. Otherwise it is a miniature of albidava in form, sculpture, and color, but with more abundant and proportionately coarser hairs
. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Zoology. MANN: ANTS OF THE BRITISH SOLOMON ISLANDS. 285 10. Wheeleripone lucida, sp. nov. Worker. Length 3 mm. Differing from the preceding species in the much smaller size and in the form of the petiole, which in profile is distinctly higher than long, convexly declivous in front, with the flat anterior space very poorly defined. There are no striae on the mesonotum, which is very smooth and shining. Otherwise it is a miniature of albidava in form, sculpture, and color, but with more abundant and proportionately coarser hairs on the head and body. Malaita: x\iiki. Described from a solitary worker. 11. Wheeleripone crenaticeps, sp. nov. Worker. Length 3 mm. Head one and a half times longer than broad, nearly as broad in front as behind, with feebly convex sides and narrowly rounded occipital corners; occipital border very shallowly and narrowly concave at middle. Mandibles stout, trigonal, the blades with indistinct widely separated denticles. Clj^jeus convex basally; anterior border subangulate at middle. Frontal carinae. Fig. 4.— Wheeleripone crenaticeps Mann. Worker. Lateral view of thorax and petiole. strong, parallel for half their length, then slightly diverging and becoming tortuous. Frontal area deeply impressed. Antenna! scapes surpassing occipital corners by one fourth of their length; funicular joints 1-2 longer than broad, the first the longest, joints 3-7 very slightly broader than long; joints 8-11 forming a rather slender club with the terminal joint almost as long as the other three together. Prothorax broader than long, rounded in front and sides; in profile convex in front and rather flat behind. Promesonotal suture very feebly impressed. Mesonotum more than twice as broad as long, flat. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly res
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