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 the sides are sharply carinated. The elytra are convex, their posterior 

 margin straight and inside the outer corners hardly incurved. Abdomen 

 evenly broad or feebly narrowing anteriorly, its first three free dorsal 

 joints* strongly depressed at base; ventral side somewgat convex, the first 

 ventral joint longer than the follovving and more distinctly constricted 

 at base than the second and third joints. in running the abdomen is often 

 curved upv»ard. Ihe legs are sienaer; fore- (.aisi •*-joiuitiv-., the others 5- 

 jointed; first joint of hind tarsi as long as the three following joints 

 together. - Eemarkable or peculiar sex-characters on the next-last joint 

 of abdomen do not occur, but the impressions on pronotum are deeper and 

 more distinct in the 5" than in the ^ . 



In this country 5 species are found, which are distributed in North 

 and Middle Europe. They prefer decaying plants in h^aps, cut some are 

 also found on the strand under seaweed, tin occasional one on more dry 

 ground in gravel pits. - They can be divided into three subgenera. 

 Key to Subgenera and Species. 



1. Pronotal sides and posterior margin very finely Lounded. Elytra not 



with fovea between scutellum anu humeri 2. 



Pronotal sides and jjosterior margin not Lounded. Elytra with a small, 

 yet distinct fovea between scutellum and humeri: 3. Subgenus 

 Cardiola Muls. - Pronotum finely or indistinctly grooved. I. 2.5 

 mm S. F. obscura Jravh. 



2. Scutellum sharply grooved (Fig. 89); pronotum deeply grooved: 1. Subg. 



Falagria s. str 2. 



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