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Krftatz. Ins. D. II, 429; Thorns. Skand, Col. Ill, 152; R«y Brc'vlp. 1883j 

 71; (Janglb. Kaf. M. II, 353). 



Broad, robustly built, in collar not unlike Tachyporus s olutus, 

 but considerably larger and more robust, and otherwise easily identi- 

 fied by the characteristics of the antennae. 



Yellowish-red; head, meso- and metasternum, also the abdomen, with 

 exception of back-margins of the joints black; antennae, mouth-parts, 

 and legs reddish-yellow. 



Head and pronotum very shiny, naked without punctation; antennae 

 not longer than head and pronotum together, robust, strongly thicken- 

 ed, outward toward the tip distinctly flatly depressed, their next- 

 last joints broader than long; pronotum large, posteriorly fully as 

 broad as elytra, anteriorly rounded narrowing, convex, antennae only a 

 little longer than pronotum, with parallel sides, very finely and 

 rather densely punctated, and very finely and sparsely haired; abdo- 

 men tapering, somewhat more distinctly and densely punctated than the 

 elytra, and like these very finely haired, and with many outstanding 

 side-margin bristles. L. 4-5 mm. 



In the (5^ the abdominal sixth free dorsal joint undivided, the tip 

 rounded off. in the p it is cleft in four equally long, pointed tips. 



Distributed, but everywhere rare or very rare, on damp forest- 

 er marsh-ground under leaves and moss, also at lakes and watering- 

 places in alluvium (Vang Forest, and Agdrup thicket in Vendsyssel, 

 Aalborg at the Fjord, Lindum Forest etc. Hobro; Dalum at Odense; Bol- 

 lemosen, Raavad Moor, at Hulemose Lake, ii'.ose at Killerjod and several 



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