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 pronotum together, their first joint thick, incurved at tip, the third 

 much longer than the short second joint, the middle and next-last joints 

 cupulif ormand short stemmed, distal joint longish tapering. Pronotum 

 (see above) is about twice as broad as long, posteriorly as broad as the 

 elytra, the sides immarginate, rounded anteriorly, posteriorly straigth 

 with pronounced, almost rectangular, at tip slightly rounded off hind- 

 corners, the dorsum at middle with very fine, scattered granulose punc- 

 tation, the middle-line finely grooved, the upturned sides very finely 

 shagreened. The elytra longer than pronotum, very finely and not densely 

 punctated, the surface particularly finely reticulated, scarcely visibly 

 and very sparsely , yellow haired; abdomen almost impunctate and smooth; 

 posterior margins of its first three or four free dorsal joints at sides 

 and on side-margins densely golden yellowish haired. L, 5-6 ram. 



It lives in the mounds with Formica sag^uinea (also in those with F. 

 f usca mixed abodes), and is probably distributed with this ant; it is here- 

 tofore only found in a few places in this country, in North S^aelland 

 (Teglstrup Hegn near Helsingj/r, lisvilde 'legn, Ilolte) and either found 

 running in the nearness of the mound or sifted from the contents of same, 

 especially in the spring-months. Is said also to be found exceptionably 

 with Form, rufa . 



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 19. ienus Atomeles Steph. 



(Sttiph. 111. Brit. V, 1832, 107; Kraatz Ins. D. II, 114; Thorns. Skand. 

 3ol. II, 243; F/uls. et Rey Bre'vlp. 1873, 17; Janglb. Kaf. M. II, 109). 



This genus has, in structure or body and appearance, so much in com- 

 mon with Lomechusa . that only the most obvious deviations are here set forth 



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