(Pa^e 217) 



Head and pronotum not shagreened and therefore strongly glistening'; 

 the head narrower than pronot'im, roundly-oval, with scarcely protruding 

 ayes, convex, sparsely and very finely punctated; antennae rather long 

 and slender, hardly thickened distally, their second and third Joints 

 elongate, of same length, the middle ones (4-7) longer than broad, the 

 next-last about as broad as long, distal joint as long as the two pre- 

 ceding joints together, tapering. Pronotum a little narrower than elytra, 

 somewhat broader than long, not narrowing posteriorly, with smoothly 

 rounded sides, convex, finely or very finely and not densely punctated, 

 sometimes with a feeble transverse fovea posteriorly before scutellum; 

 elytra a little longer than pronotum, finely and densely punctated; ab- 

 dominal first three free dorsal .joints with fine and scattered, the t» o 

 following with simple punctation, of same length. L. 4-4.5 mm. 



In the o the abdominal sex-characters same as in oblango , but most 

 often less distinctly developed. 



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Distributed like oblongo and often together with same, but at most 



places in this country more rare; sometimes found numerously with the 



black ant, Lasius fuli^^inosus , however not inside the abode, but around 



the base of it in soil and under leaves together with I'.yrmedonia laticollis 



and other myrmecophile starhyllnids . It Is found in Skaane (Thorns.). 



125. li. hjpnorum ^Ciesw. 



(Kiesenw. Stett. Ent. Zeltg. 165C, 219; Kraatz Ins. C, II, 203; Thorns. 

 Skand. Col, IX, 265; Muls. at Hey Br^vip. 1873, 609; langlb. Kaf. M. II, 

 174.- eilvlcola Fuss, Sharp Pev. Brit. Horn. 132). 



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