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It lives mainly on the shore under sea-weed, and other alluvium, 



and is probably distributed everywhere along our coasts, however 



heretofore only found a few places (Frederikshavn, Thisted, Asnaes, 



Refsnaes, and Tlsvilde). It is found at the Norwe^ian^ but not at the 



Swedish coasts. 



3. H. dlssimills Jravh. 



(Gravh. Micr. 125; Erlchs. Kaif. mR. Br. I, 480; ien. Spec. Staph. 

 517; Kraatz Ins. D. II, 485; Thorns. Skand. Col. II, 131; Muls. et Rey 

 BreTip.1877, 67 £; Janglb. ?;af. U. II, 388). 



Identified pa.rticaiarly by the unusual narrow, oblong form of 

 the head, and by the short elytra. 



Blacic or pitch-black; head and pronotum with specular shine; 

 elytra and abdomen with fine and sparse, rather long hair, glisten- 

 ing; pronotum often brownish; the elytral posterior margin reddish 

 or brownish yellow; tip of abdomen and often also posterior margins 

 of its joints reddish-brown; antennal base, mouth, and legs reddish- 

 yellow. 



It is oftenest smaller and narrower than the two preceding spe- 

 cies. It is easily distinguished from praevia , which it most resemb- 

 les, but also from blnotata , in that the head is very narrowly oval 

 with flat rounded off, not noticeable temple-corners; antennae are 

 rather short, their middle and next-last Joints of even breadth, and 

 not broader than long; elytra are short, oftenest hardly as long as 

 pronotum, and as well as abdomen with rather fine and dense puncta- 

 tion. The abdomen not silky glistening. L. 4-4.5 mm. 



On woodland ground under leaves and fagjot, at the root of old 



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