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 tennae, of which the distal joint is distinctly transverse} the hind- 

 most bristle-bearing puncture of the forehead is set peculiarly far 

 back, closely in front of the head's constriction. 



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 Pronotum is broader than elytra, distinctly broader than long, with 

 slightly rounded sides, convex, depressed at sides, the dorsal row 

 with only 1-2 punctures, one at anterior margin, and an other far- 

 ther back in front of middle, which however occasionally is want- 

 ing; pronotal side-plane with only a few punctures at the margin. 

 Elytra is not longer than pronotum, with rather robust, but not dense 

 punctation; abdomen tapering, fine, and rather densely punctate. 

 L. 6-7 mm. 



In the 6 the sixth ventral abdominal joint with obtuse angular 

 incision at tip, and smoothened before the incision. 



It lives in the mounds with Formica rufa and with Lasius fuligi - 



nosus on prey. It is treated as an enemy by the ants, which attack, 



and if possible kill it; but it ordinarily manages with agility to 



wind its way through the swarm of ants, and hide itself in the lose 



mould of the mound. From such a hiding place it attacks, mostly at 



night, single roaming ants. - It is distributed with the said bofet- 



ants in North and Middle Europe, and not rare in Denmark. 



4. Q. lateralis Clravh. 



(iravh. Uicr. 35; Srichs. Kaf. Mk. Br. I, 485; aen. Spec. Staph. 

 525; Kraatz Ins. D. II, 451; Thorns. Skand. Col. II, 174; Uuls. et 

 Rey Brevip. 1877, 487; Janglb. Kaf. M. II, 397). 



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