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thick, ovate-globose : rost. shortish, ridged above, rough : tho. coarctate in 

 front : scutel. wanting : elytra oblong-ovate, united, clothed with bristles : 

 wings : thighs and tibia, unarmed, the latter slightly waved. 



ccclxxxi. Procas Ant. 12-jointed, slender, elbowed ; funic. 7-jointed ; club 

 oblong-ovate, acute : rost. long, somewhat clavate, slightly bent : tho. 

 rather globose, waved behind: scutel. minute : body oblong-ovate, not 

 scaly : legs slender ; thighs and tibia unarmed. 



ccclxxxii. Hypera Ant. 12-jointed, elbowed; funic. 7-jointed, its basal 

 joint shorter than the 2d ; club oblong-oval : rost. stoutish, a little bent, 

 about as long again as the head : tho. rounded on the sides : scutel. some- 

 what 3-angular : body oblong, or ovate, densely scaly : thighs and tibia 

 unarmed. 



ccclxxxiii. Ellesccjs Ant. 12-jointed, stoutish, elbowed; funic. 7-jointed, its 

 basal joint longer than the 2d ; club oblong-oval : rost. elongate, slender, 

 slightly bent : tho. narrowed in front, the sides rounded : scutel. rounded ; 

 body densely scaly : elytra oblong-ovate, with a denuded central spot : 

 thighs and tibia unarmed. 



ccclxxxiv. Plinthus Ant. 12-jointed, stoutish, elbowed; funic. 7-jointed, 2 

 basal joints longish ; club short, rather ovate: rost. somewhat cylindric, 

 elongate : tho. with a dorsal ridge : scutel. wanting : body elongate, hard : 

 elytra oblong, united ; wings : thighs dentate ; tibia with a stout hook at 

 the tip. 



ecclxxxv. Molytes Ant. 12-jointed, short, elbowed ; funic. 7-jointed; club 

 oblong-ovate : rost. deflexed, longish, thick, with an obscure stria on each 

 side : tho. oblong, rounded on the sides : scutel. minute : body broad, ovate, 

 glabrous, very hard : thighs toothed ; tibia with a strong hook at the 



ccclxxxvi. Leiosoma Ant. 12-jointed, short, stout ; funic. 7-jointed, basal 

 joint longer than 2d ; club oblong-ovate, acute : rost. deflexed, stout, 

 longish, striated : scutel. minute : body broad, ovate, hard, wingless, 

 glabrous : elytra punctate-striate : thighs obscurely toothed ; tibice with a 

 small apical hook. 



ccclxxxvii. Hylobius Ant. 12-jointed, shortish, elbowed ; funic. 7-jointed, 

 basal joint longish; club compact, oblong-ovate : rost. elongate, striated, 

 rounded : scutel. distinct, rounded : body oblong-ovate : elytra with a 

 tubercle towards the apex, free ; wings ample : thighs toothed ; tibia with 

 a hook. 



ccclxxxviii. Tanysphyrus Ant. 12-jointed, elbowed ; funic. 7-jointed, its 

 basal joint short, thick ; club large, somewhat globose : rost. elongated, 

 stout, bent, flattish at tip : scutel. minute : body oblong-ovate : elytra 

 deflexed near the apex, the latter narrowed : legs elongate ; tibia with a 

 stout apical hook. 



ccclxxxix. Alophus Ant. 12-jointed, elbowed; funic. 7-jointed, 2 basal 

 joints long ; club oblong, somewhat ovate : rost. as long again as the head, 

 thickened towards the apex : tho. rather oblong : scutel. minute, distinct : 

 body oblong : elytra narrowed to the tip ; united : thighs unarmed ; tibice 

 dilated at the apex, unarmed. 



cccxc. Barynotus Ant. 12-jointed, elbowed ; funic. 7-jointed, 2 basal joints 

 longish ; club oblong-ovate : rost. short, stout, thickened at the tip, 

 ridged : tho. somewhat transverse, ridged : scutel. minute : elytra united, 

 notched at the base ; suture raised : body ovate, wingless : thighs unarmed; 

 tibia with a minute hook. 



cccxci. Merionus Ant. 12-jointed, elbowed ; funic. 7-jointed, 2 basal joints 

 longish ; club oblong-ovate : rost. short, stout, thickened at the tip, 

 grooved: tho. nearly transverse, with n dorsal channel: scutel. minute: 



