Sahlberg, Enumor. Colenpt. Fenn. Staphylin. 127 



dorsali obsoletissime granulato, ultimo ventrali levissime pro- 

 due to. 



//. planae Gyll. valde affinis, sed paullo latior, anteunis 

 crassioribus, pedibus pallidioribus, elytris brevioribus, abdomine 

 basi creberrime punctato structuraqve maris distingvenda. Ca- 

 put latum, depressum, prothorace vix angustius, pone oculos le- 

 vissime rotundatum, dense sed minus fortiter punctatum, tenu- 

 issime flavo-pubescens, ore palpisqve rufescentibus. Antennae 

 crassiusculae, prothoracis basin fere attingentes, ferrugineae, basi 

 pallide flavae, tenuiter griseo-pubescentes ; articulo primo secundo 

 paullo longiore, hoc tertio aeqvali, obconicis; 4:o breviter transverso, 

 4 — 10 sensim latioribus et magis transversis, penultimo longitu- 

 dine sua duplo latiore, ultimo hoc 2 J /« longiore, leviter ovato. 

 Prothorax latitudine sua distincte brevior, basin versus angustatus, 

 supra depressus, medio late canaliculars, subtiliter punctatus et 

 tenuiter pubescens. Elytra prothorace vix l U longiora, depressa, 

 brunneo-testacea, circa scutellum obsolete infuscata, dense subti- 

 lissime punctata et pubescentia. Abdomen lineare, nigrum, niti- 

 dulum, tenuissime griseo-pubescens, segmentis 2—5 basi trans- 

 versim impressis, 2—4 crebre, 5 — 6 parce punctatis. Pedes toti 

 pallide testacei, tarsis posticis qvam in H. plana longioribus. 



Sallsynt; jag har funnit den under barken af Finns abies vid Iman- 

 dra sjo i Ryska Lappmarken (68°) d. 13 Juli 1870. — V. F. M. 



369. H. nigricans Thorns. Linearis, depressa, nigra, niti- 

 dula, supra subglabra, antennis pedibusqve fusco-piceis; capite 

 subqvadrato, prothorace vix angustiore, hoc subqvadrato, vix cana- 

 licular; elytris hoc */■ longioribus; abdomine densius aeqvaliter 

 subtilissime punctato. Long. l ! / 4 lin. 



Thorns. Opusc. ent 376 (1871). 



H. planae Gyll. statura simillima, sed paullo major, obscu- 

 rior prothoraceqve longiore vix canalicular distincta. 



Sallsynt; tagen i n. Osterbotten (65°) af Maklin, jag har funnit 

 den under bark vid Abo, i Ylane och vid Jalguba i Ryska Karelen d. 

 24 Juni 1869. — Afven funnen i m. Sv. — U. F. M. 



370. Thectura cuspidata Er. — Thorns. Sk. C. II, 286. 

 — Seidl. F. B. 297. — Homalota Kraatz I. D. 253, 57. — 

 Sharp Brit. Homal. 168, 63. 



