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 rather broadly separated, aad raesosternum very short, its tip broadly 

 rounded off and scarcely reacheg '/»> f or^ardly between the coxae; the legs 

 long and slender; the fore-tarsi 4-jointed, the others 5-Jointed; first 

 joint of hind tarsi longer than the two following Joints together, very 

 elongated, longer than the claw-joint. 



Myrmedonia species are called "myrmecophile " (ant-friendly), but hard- 

 ly appropriately, since their relation to the ants in reality is hostile. 



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 The flock to the ant hills, and often surround these in great numbers there 

 to attack and consume single scouting or v.eak ants. The ants seem not to 

 resent their effrontery so long as they stay outside the mound, where they 

 lie in ambush under leaves, twigs and lumps of earth, but if they enter 

 the ant hill, then tha ants persue them and seek to chase them out. "?hen 

 persued or by any disturbance sense danger, they curve abdomen upward and 

 forward, and seemingly then, more than ordinarily, exude a peculiarly sharp 

 odorous moisture which the ants either are confused by, or dislike. 



In this country 7 species are found, of which collaris deviates from 



the rest, and must be placed in a special subgenus; several other species 



are together with these distributed in Middle Europe. 



Kig. 31. Head of Myrmedonia llmbata Tayk. (ventral view), g.gula- 

 m. Qientum.- 1. tongue (ligula). - p. lab. tonguepalp.- l.i.lacina.- 

 l.e. ^alea. - p. rax. maxillary palpi. - K.jena. - T. temple. -k. mar- 

 gin of temple and gena.- 0. eye. 



Key to Subgenera and Species. 

 1. Fronotum with Isolated and deep nunctation; antennae with long, out- 



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