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 darker. In teneral animals color of body is brownish, only the head and 

 a band before abdominal tip pitch-black. 



Head, pronotum and elytra in surface particularly finely shagreened 

 and therefore with dull shine; the head only a little narrower than prono-i»u 

 turn, rather densely and robustly punctated; antennae rather short and ro- 

 bust, their third Joint shorter than the second, the fourth small, round- 

 ed, the middle and next-last joints transverse, approximately twice as 

 broad as long, distal- joint short, oval. Pronotum anteriorly a little nar- 

 rower than elytra, a little broader than long, somewhat narrowing posteri- 

 orly and with obtuse angular , yet distinct hind corners, very flatly con- 

 vex, particularly finely and densely punctated, with slight medial groove; 

 elytra '/a longer than pronotum, punctated as this, their posterior margin 

 inside the outer corners scarcely incurved; the foremost dorsal joints of 

 abdomen very finely and rather densely punctated, the hindmost with single 

 punctation or almost smooth. The middle and hindmost tibiae each with an 

 erect bristle. L. 2.5-3 mm. 



In the ^ the fifth free dorsal joint of abdomen with a small sharp gra- 

 nule at middle, the sixth with a sharp, slightly curved line at each side 

 and at tip evenly truncated or feebly emarginate. (t. Janglb. and Kraatz). 



Under bark of deciduous and pinaceous trees. Distributed in Middle Eu- 

 rope and also found in Skaane; it is possible that it may yet be discover- 

 ed in Lenmark, most likely in Bornholm. 



37, :>enus Thectura Thoms. 



(Thorns. Ofv. Vet. Acad. Forh. 1858, 32; Skand. Col. II, 285; Muls. et 

 Rey Br^vip. 1875, 326; Janglb. Kaf. M. II, 292). 



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