(Page 301) 

 gether, very feebly thickened outward, their next-last joints ful- 

 ly as lonj as broed; pronotuoi rather Iovj convex, amply as broad as 

 elytra, extremely fine and very densely punctated, surface vvith ex- 

 tremely fine transverse aciculations; elytra Ig times as lonj as 

 pronotum, this together viith abdomen extremely finely and extremely 

 densely punctated; the latter only at tip v-ith long bristle-hair. 

 Ulddle- and hind-tarsi are peculiarly long, much longer than tibiae. 

 L. 5 mm. 



Distributed in Europe, particularly in wooded regions, and not 

 rare in Lenmarkj in deep mouldy leaf-mounds, hollov. trees and under 

 twig-gatherings, also often numerous in larger gardens- in plant- 

 waste. 



4, G. pubescens iravh, 



(liravh. liicr. 130; Kriohs. Kaf. Mk. Br. I, 390; fJen. Spec. Staph. 

 221; Kraatz Ins. D. II, 435; Thorns. Skand. Col. Ill, 147; Key Bre'- 

 vip. 1883, 4,9; Janglb. Kaf. !«:. II, 357). 



A medium-sized, strongly convex species, v.ithout the conspicu- 

 ous color-spots of the preceding species, but however varies in col- 

 or after development and maturity. 



Very fine and rather densely haired, with somewhat silky shine; 

 either entirely brownish-black or blackish-brown witli brownish- 

 red elytra, c>r entirely brownish-red, occasionally brownish-yellow; 

 elytra often lighter than head and pronotum; back-margins of abdom- 

 inal joints narrow reddish; base and tip of antennae, mouth-parts, 

 and legs reddish-yellow. 



-20- 



