(Pa^e 66) 

 feebly narrowing anteriorly, slijhtly convex, without impression; elytra 



(Pa-e 67) 

 a little shorter than pronotum, their posxerior margin inside the outer 

 corners feebly incurved; abdomen posteriorly slightly tapering and here 

 provided with bristles. L. 2 mm. 



It is distributed throughout North and Middle Europe, and all over 

 very rare; with us it is heretofore only found a fev^ places in Sjiilland 

 under semi-damp leaves and in hollow trees, a single time with Lasius 

 fuliginosus (Tokkekjob Hegn, Sk joldnaesholm, Vals0lille). 



28. 0. brachyptera Steph. 



A small, in color somewhat variant species, identified especially by 

 the dull, distinctly scabrously punctated elytra, which is shorter than 

 pronotum. 



Narrow and almost of even breadth, feebly or dully glistening, finely 

 haired, rust-red or rust-brown, in latter case most often with blackish 

 reflection; the head brownish or in dark animals almost black; the middle 

 abdominal joints bleck; antennae rust-yellow, their base most often lighter, 

 as v;ell as the legs reddish yellow. 



The head is very finely punctated; antennae rather short and robust, 

 however not stronjly thickened distally, their third joint much shorter 

 than the second, the middle and last ones feebly increasingly transverse, 

 about twice as broad as long, distal joint robust, at least as long as the 

 two next-last joints together, but tapering. Pronotum as broad as elytra 

 or a little broader than this, 1^ times as broad as long, anteriorly a lit- 

 tle narrowing with feebly rounded sides, slightly convex, very densely and 



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