(Pa^'e 2£3) 



Black, somewhat shiny, finely ^ray-haired; elytra and pronotum 

 often brown or brownish on sides; antennae, mouth-parts, and le^s 

 brownish-red or brownish-yellow. 



Head and pronotum with rather fine and sharp punctation, elytra 

 with very dense, roujh punctation, and abdomen with dense and very 

 fine punctation, its sides and tip with long bristle-hair. L. 2.5-3 

 mm. 



Ind'the four first anterior tarsal- joints are distinctly dilated. 



Very rare; particularly in gnaw -Grumblings under ttie bark of old 

 trees and stubs, also underneath heaps of twigs, and in mouldy saw- 

 dust (Hillerje^d, Uaribo, Silkeborg and other places). 



2. Division Habrocerina . 



Antennae from the third joint filiform and whorl-haired, 11-joint- 

 ed. Head posteriorly not constricted, iilytra with sharp side-margin 

 and thereby terminated side-pieces (£pipleura). Tarsi 5-jointed. 



To this only 1 genus. 



48. Jenus Habrocerus 'dr. 



(Erichs. Kaf. Llk. Br. I, 400; Oen. Spec. Staph. 242; Kraatz Ins. 

 D. II, 391; Thorns. Skand. Col. Ill, 146; Fey Bre'vip. 1883, 2; -ianglb. 

 Kaf. K. II, 326). 



In the characteristics of the antennae Habrocerus is closely 

 related to Trichophya , but for the rest is more nearly associated 

 with the true Tach.yporini . 



Body is fusiform, flat convex; head bent down and almost to 

 the eyes embedded in pronotum; eyes rather large, and somewhat con- 

 vex; antennae as long as head and pronotum together, their first 



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