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6. M« mlnuta Jravh. 



(Jravh. Mon. 174; Brichs. Kaf. Mk. Br. I, 384; Sen. Spec. Staph. 811; 

 ! Kraatz Ins. C. II, 369; Thorns. Skand. Ool. Ill, 16; Muls. et Eey Brevip. 

 I 1873, 52; (Jan^lb. Kaf. M. II, 320). 



A vary small species, almost only half the size of intermedia , but of 

 a similar, flat convex shape, and with fine antennae. 



Black or brownish black, very fine silky haired and feebly glistening; 

 abdominal tip and the antennae brown; mouth-parts and legs brownish-yellow. 



Body extremely finely and densely punctated; antennae fine, not thick- 

 ened distally, their next-last joints as broad as long; pronotum posterio- 

 ly as broad as elytra and with obtuse-angular hind corners, anteriorly some- 

 what narrowing, with feebly rounded sides; elytra as long as pronotum, and 

 abdomen rather strongly tapering. L. 1.5 mm. 



Distributed throughout the greater part of Europe, and common in this 



'I country on all sorts of damp ground, most often very numerous in alluvium. 



7. M. infuscata Kr. 



(Kraatz Stett. Ent. Ztg. XIV, 1853, 373; Ins. D. II, 371; Muls. et Rey 

 Brevip. 1873, 66; Sanglb. Kaf. M. II, 321. - ? minima Kraatz Ins. D. 11,371). 



Of size with or a little smaller than minuta , more uniformly brdad, iden- 

 tified especially by the color and the short elytra. 



Black-brown, finely and densely gray-haired, silky glistening; abdominal 

 tip red-brown; antennae brown, mouth-parts and legs brownish-yellow. 



The body extremely densely and finely punctated; antennae a little more 



)j robust than in minuta , the next-last joints about as broad as long; prono- 



[i 

 ' turn as broad as elytra, with obtuse-angular hind corners and feebly rounded 



sides, anteriorly a little narrowing, posterior margin Inside corners indis- 



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