(?eje 27 C) 

 The head at sides with sparse and rather fine punctationj antennal mid- 

 dle and next-last joints transverse; pronotura very short, more than tv.ice 

 I as broad as lon^, with rounded sides and at middle with two almost evane- 

 scent rows of punctures - posteriorly however indicated by two lar^e deep 

 punctures - elsewhere with very simpl(s punctation; elytra much longer than 

 pronotum, almost irapunctate, polished; abdomen posteriorly extremely finely 

 or indistinctly punctated (^ ~ i antftriorly not punctated. L. 1-1.3 mm. 

 In the o the fifth free dorsal joint of abdomen with fine granulate 



I punctation, and posterior margin of the sixth with two robust, acute teeth, 

 separated by a broad incurve,- 



On tree-fungi, under damp leaves and in alluvium, but everywhere very 



rare, and in this country only found singly in a few places in Sjaelland 



(Soro, P.uderhega.and liyrehaven at Copenhagen). "Middle and North Europe; 



rare in Skaane (Thorns.). 



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10. }. Poweri Crotch. 



(Crotch Transact. Ent. 3oc. Lond. V. 1866, 439; Janglb. Kaf. M. II, 302 

 - puncticollis Thorns. Skand. Col. IX, 232.- punctulara Muls. et Rey Brevip, 



II 1871, 4C). 



M Among the few species with scattered punctation of the pronotura and 



without rows of punctures, this is the largest; further identifiable by the 

 color, punctation of elytra and sex-characters of thee- . 



Reddish-yellow, glistening; the head, hindmost part of elytra or at least 

 the outer hind corners, also a - often feeble - transverse band before abdom- 

 inal tip black or pitch-brown; pronotum often red -brown; antennae, mouth-parts 

 and legs yellow. 



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