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 Head and pronotum particularly finely, almost invisibly punctated; 

 antennal club four-jointed, inasmuch as the seventh antennal joint is dis- 

 tinctly broader than the sixth; pronotum posteriorly as broad or hardly 

 as broad as fore-marjin of the elytra, anteriorly roundly narrowed, convex; 

 elytra Vi longer than pronotum, with sllghtlja arcuate sides, very fine and 

 dense, scabrous sculpture; abdomen posteriorly slightly narrowinj, sculp- 

 ture same as of elytra, its fifth free dorsal joint distinctly longer than 

 the fourth. L. 1 mm. 



Our most frequent species after pusillima , but as a whole however rare. 

 It occurs as well in cellars and outhouses in waste, as under fa^ot and 

 leaves in -gardens and voods or in debris at the foot of straw- and hayricks. 

 Distributed all over Surope. 



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 2. Subgenus Holobus Sol. 

 ( Microcera Thorns.). 

 6. 0. apicata Erichs. 



(Erichs. Kaf. Mk. Br. I, 365; ien. Spec. Staph. 182; Kraatz Ins. D. II, 

 349; Thorns. Skand. Col. II, 264; Muls. et Rey Bre'vip. 1673, 115; 3anglb. 

 Kaf. M. II, 309. - abdominal is Scriba) . 



Ovate, and in shape not unlike a small Hypocyptus , posteriorly strongly 

 narrowing; in combination with the shape easily identified by the conspi- 

 cuous light tip of abdomen, and by the five-jointed club of the antennae. 



Black, glistenin£;, very finely haired; last three joints of abdomen, 

 antennae, mouth-parts and legs clear reddish yellow. Elytra and pronotum 

 sometimes brownish. 



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