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 Pronotum is broader than elytra, broader than long, anteriorly scar- 

 cely narrowing, depressed at sides, with rather fine dorsal- and mar- 

 ginal punctures, and few or no side punctures, ground-surface as well 

 as head finely reticulated, and therefore with dulled shine; elytra 

 scarcely longer than pronotum, with rather fine and dense, and some- 

 what more distinct punctation than the abdomen, which is of almost 

 even breadth. L. 9-10 mm. 



In the <y the fore-tarsi ar« more strongly dilated than in the O , 

 and posterior margin of- abdominal sixth ventral Joint is slightly 

 emarginate at middle. 



Particularly in woodland regions, but rare; oftenest found in 



nests of wasps and mice, also in hollow trees, under loose bark on 



tree-trunks and like places, more rarely in mole's nests. 



2. Subgenus Microsaurus Ihoms. 



3. j. brevis Er. 



(Erichs. GJen. Spec. Staph. 535; Kraatz Ins. D. II, 500; Thorns. 

 Skand. CJol. II, 177; Muls. et Rey Bre'vip. 1877, 481; ianglb. Kaf. 

 M. II, 397). 



A feebly fusiform, myrmecophil species, with only 1-2 punctures 

 in each of the doreal rows of pronotum, and easily identified by this. 



Pitch-black, shining; elytra and pronotum finely haired; pro- 

 notum and the abdomen often pitch-brown; elytra, posterior margins 

 of the abdominal Joints, mouth, antennae, and legs brownish-red. 



The head and pronotum are shiny, and except for a few, single 

 bristle-bearing punctures with long, bristling hairs, smooth and 

 naked; head rounded, with rather small eyes, and rather short an- 



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