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7. Third joint of mexillery palpi proportionately larje and strongly 



thickened, distal ^oint especially small, coniciBl(Fij. 34). 

 (the last two Joints of the antennae in our species is remark- 

 ably elongated, cylindrical, fi^. 33) 22. Gallicerus iravh. 



Third joint of maxillary palpi normal, feebly thickened 8. 



8. Mandibles with cleft tip (Fig. 35) (the species resembles a medium 



sized Komaloia ; the head small. (Fig. 36)... 23. Schistoglossa K r. 

 I/.andibles with single tip 9. 



9. Tongue cleft to the base, (the species evenly broad with yellow an- 



tennae and legs; it somewhat resembles a small Phloeopor a; . . . . 



24 . Tomoglossa Kr . 



The tongue cleft to the middle or only emarginate at tip (Fig. 37) 



25. Homalota Er. (Kr. ). 



IC. Slytra much shorter then pronotum 21. Astilbus Steph. 



Elytra as long as or longer than pronotum 11, 



11. Neck of the head about //j* as broad as the head between the eyes 



28. Myrmecopora Saulcy. 



?.'eck of the head very thin, 4 as broad as the head betv.een the eyes 



(Fig. 89) 29. Kala^rla Steph. 



18. Jenus Lomechusa iravh, 



(viravh. Men. Micr. 178; Erichs. ien. Spec. Staph. 202; Kraatz Ins. E. 

 II, 112; Thorns. Skand. 3ol. II, 241; Kuls. et Eey Bre'vip. 1873, 10; ;anglb. 

 Kaf. I/.. II, 114). 



Those, to this ^enus belonging species arc true myrmecophi les, , v.hich 



in appearance, specialized body structure, and mone of livlnj are very unique, 



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