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 notum, with parallel sides, as well as abdomen particularly fine, not 

 densely punctated, sparsely and very finely haired. L. Z.i~s> mm. 



Here and there at the edge of lakes and water places under leaves 

 and in alluvium, distributed in Europe, but altogether, also here, 

 rather rare; oftenest found in North-Sjalland. 



T, tersus lir. fron .Middle-Europe, and England has like transvers - 

 alis parallel-sided elytra, about 1/3 longer than pronotutn, but is 

 otherwise nearest like atriceps . Fronotum is reddish-yellovv, the mid- 

 dle often darker; - - (Pa^e 319)— - elytra reddish-yellow, one, 

 often at the suture extended, mutual-spot around scutelluci, and a 

 longitudinal stripe along the sides black. L. 2.5 mm, (Janglb. ) . 

 - This species may possibly also be found here in Denmark. 



8. T. hypnorum Fabr. 



(Fabr. Syst. Snt. 266; Srichs. Kaf. T.Ik. Br. I, 394; Jen. Spec, 

 Staph. 234; Kraatz Ins. C. II. 423; Thorns. Skand. Gol. Ill, 150; Key 

 Bre'vip. 1883, 92; Janglb. Kaf. r^:. II, 351). 



Identifiable by the color of pronotum, and the posteriorly feeb- 

 ly narrowed elytra. 



Shining black; anteriorly sides of pronotunj narrowly, posterior- 

 ly as well as hind-corners broadly reddish or brownish yellow; elytra 

 brov'jnish-red or red, around scutellum and from humerus along sides 

 black; back-margins of abdominal joints very narrowly, translucent 

 reddish; antennae pitch-brownish, their base, mouth-parts, and legs 

 yellow. 



Antennae are fine; pronotum rather convex and full" as broad as 



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