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 aciculate surface (background). Scutellum with a few fine punctures, 

 about five or six. Elytra as long as pronotum, rather fine and not 

 densely punctate; abdomen smoothly tapering, with fine and rather 

 dense punctation. L. 5 mm. 



In the O^the sixth abdominal ventral joint with broad and rather 

 deep emargination at tip. 



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 It lives in crumbllngs of old hollow trees, often in company 

 with w-ith the black ant. Lasius f ulit^inosus . is distributed in Middle 

 and North Europe, but in this country it is rare, or very rare (Sk/r- 

 ping Forest south of Aalborg, Randers, Bognaes, Lyrehaven at :;o- 

 penhagen, and several other places). 



2. Q. longicornis Kr. 



^ (Kraatz Ins. D. II, 494; Thorns. Skand. Col. IX, 165; Muls. et Pey 

 Brevip.1877, 472; Janglb. Kaf. L;. II, 396). 



Rather stretched, and of even breadth, identifiable especially 

 by the very small eyes and by the slender antennae. 



Beddish-brown or pitch-brown; head and pronotum with dull shine; 

 elytra and the abdomen finely haired, glistening} the head pitch- 

 black; pronotum pitch-brown with lighter sides; elytra brownish-red; 

 tip of abdomen and posterior margin of its joints yellowish brownish- 

 red; antennae, moutlvparts, and legs reddish or yellowish brown. 



Head as long as broad, with small eyes, only half as long as the 

 long, rather erect, finely punctate temples; antennae slender and 

 rather long, their middle and next-last joints as long as broad. 



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