STENAMMA. 139 



jointed ; labial palpi three-jointed ; antennae twelve-jointed, the first joint 

 of the funiculus is long, those immediately following being short and trans- 

 verse, the last joint is about equal in length to the three preceding taken 

 together, and with them forms a not very distinct club ; eyes small, point- 

 like. Thorax with shoulders rounded ; the division between the pronotum 

 and mesonotum is obliterated, that between the mesonotum and epinotum 

 being distinctly marked ; epinotum armed with two sharply pointed triangular 

 teeth. Petiole with a long shaft anteriorly, nodiform posteriorly ; post- 

 petiole nodiform ; gaster oval, with very long first segment. 



$ Very like the ty, a little larger ; eyes larger ; ocelli present. Thorax 

 short and not high. Fore-wings with one cubital cell, and one discoidal cell. 



<$ Head longer than broad ; mandibles broader with four to five teeth on 

 the terminal border, or narrower with only three teeth ; antennae thirteen- 

 jointed, scape as long as the three following joints taken together, funiculus 

 with a not very distinct four- jointed club, the last joint of which is a little 

 longer than the two preceding taken together ; eyes large, situated anteriorly. 

 Thorax not very high ; mesonotum with Mayrian furrows ; epinotum with 

 two teeth. Pedicel as in the ^. Wings as in the $. 



Original description [West wood Intro. Mod. Class. Insect. 2 

 Synop. 83 (1840)] : 



" Stenamma W estw. N.G. 92 Steph. Cat. 1 sp. N. G. Westwoodii Steph. 

 Basal joint of antennae long ; abdominal peduncle 2- jointed, first joint 

 long, knotted ; max. palpi 4-jointed, labial 3-jointed ; mandibles broad, 

 oblique, 5-dentate. My fig. 86 11." 



Stenamma westwoodi West. 



Stenamma westwoodii (Stephens) Westwood Introd. mod. Class. Insect. 

 2 226 Synopsis 83 (1840) c? 1 . Myrmica lippula Nylander Acta. Soc. Sc. 

 Fenn. 3 41 (1849) $ 2 . Myrmica debilis Forster Hym. Stud. 1 52 (1850) <$ 3 . 

 Myrmica minkii Forster Hym. Stud. 1 63 (1850) $ 4 . Formica graminicola 

 F. Smith Proc. Ent. Soc. Lond. (n.s.) 1 82 (1851) $ 5 . Myrmica laeviuscula 

 Schenck Jahr. Ver. Naturk. Nassau 8 132 (1852) $ 6 . Myrmica graminicola 

 Curtis Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. 21 216 (1854) ^ 7 . Stenamma westwoodii Curtis 

 Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. 21 217 (1854) <$ s . Myrmica graminicola F. Smith 

 Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. (n.s.) 3 126 (1855) g ? 9 - Stenamma westwoodii F. 

 Smith Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. (n.s.) 3 134 (1855)^ 10 ; Westwood (Proc. Ent. 

 Soc. Lond.) Zool. 13 4747 (1855) c? 11 : Proc. Ent. Soc. Lond. (n.s.) 3 92 

 (1855) c? 12 . Myrmica minki Mayr Verh. Zool. Bot. Ver. Wien 5 415 (1855) 

 $ ? 13 . Formicoxenus nitidulus Mayr Verh. Zool. Bot. Ver. Wien 5 418 (1855) 

 c? 14 . Myrmica (Tetramorium) lippula Nylander Ann. Sc. Nat. Zool. (4) 5 

 88 (1856) $ 15 . Myrmica (Stenamma) nitidula Nylander Ann. Sc. Nat. Zool. 

 (4) 5 94 (1856) cJ 16 . Myrmica lippula F. Smith Proc. Ent. Soc. Lond. (n.s.) 

 4 88 (1857) 17 : Ent. Ann. 1858 39 18 . Myrmica (Tetramorium) lippula F. 

 Smith Cat. Brit. Foss. Hym. 28 (1858) $ 19 . Myrmica (Stenamma) west- 

 woodii F. Smith Cat. Brit. Foss. Hym. 32 (1858) ^ 20 . Myrmica (Tetramorium) 

 lippula F. Smith Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. (n.s.) 4 279-280 (1858) ? 21 . Myrmica 

 (Stenamma) westwoodii F. Smith Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. (n.s.) 4 281 (1858) 

 < 22 . Myrmica lippulaF. Smith Proc. Ent. Soc. Lond. (n.s.) 4 1857 89 (1858) 23 : 

 Ent. Ann. 1860 92 24 . Myrmica nitidula Meinert Kong. Danske. Vidensk. 

 Selsk. Skrift. 5 328 (1861) (J 25 . Myrmica lippula F. Smith Ent. Ann. 1861 

 42 26 ? Tetramorium lippulum Mayr. Europ. Formicid. 61-62 (1861) g $ 27 . 

 Asemorhoptrum lippulum Mayr. Europ. Formicid. 76 (1861) 28 . Myrmica 

 lippula F. Smith Ent. Ann. 1863 59 29 : 1864 111 c? 30 . Tetramorium lippula F. 

 Smith Ent. Ann. 1864 112 31 : Ent. Mo. Mag. 2 29 (1865) 32 . Asemorhoptrum 

 lippulum v. Hagens Verh. Nat. Ver. Preuss. Rheinl. 24 50 (1867) 33 : Berlin 

 Ent. Zeitschr. 11 102 (1867) 34 : 12 268 (1868) 35 ; Forel Denkschr. Schweiz. 



