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 terior margin inside the outer corners strongly Incurved, abdomen taper- 

 ing, all over extremely finely and to the tip extremely densely punctated 

 with distinct silky :2loss. Hind t«rsi are a little shorter then tibiae, 

 their first joint proportionately long, a little longer than the three 

 following joints together- L. 4-4.5 mm. 



"'ith livldipennis , to which it, like vi ttata . in rejard to structure 

 of hind tarsi i3 closely allied, it is not easily confused, the body is 

 shorter, more convex, pronotum larger, broader, elytra shorter and the 

 antennae much shorter. 



On semi-darap ground under leaves, moss and other plant-cover, dis- 

 tributed all over and frequent; a few times have I found it with Lasius 

 fulir;inosus . 



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 6. 0. lateralis Mannh. 



(Mannh. Brach. 70; Kraatz Ins. D. II, 164; Thorns. Skand. Col. Ill, 

 19; Muls. et Pey Er^vip. 1874, 255; .7anglb. Kaf. M. II, 63). 



In relation to the preceding species of this subgenus identifiable 

 by the abdominal sparsely punctated, strongly glistening outer Joints. 



Fusiform, bleok or pitch-black, finely and densely brownish haired, 

 somewhat glisteninj'; pronotum and elytra, also posterior margins of ab- 

 dominal joints brown or reddish-brown; pronotal sides lighter, elytra 

 around the scutellum most often darker; artennol base brwonish-red , the 

 legs reddish-yellow. 



The head is broader than in the preceding species and more robustly 

 punctated; nntennee u little shorter than in opaoi, their third joint 



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