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 and very fine punctation, with hair which is longer and denser at 

 sides than at middle; fore-tarsi in both sexes strongly dilated. 

 L> 5-6 nun* 



In the <? the sixth ventral abdomigal joint smoothed and feebly 

 emarginate^-at. tip. 



Local, as a whole rare; most frequent in forest regions under 



leaves and fagot, also in waste at hay and straw stacks. North and 



Kiddle Europe. 



31. j. lucudulus Er. 



(Erichs. Kaf. Mk. 5r. I. 4S5; zcn. Spec. Staph. 550; F^raatz Ins. 

 E. II, 520; !.;uls. et Key Brevip. 1877, 609; Gtanglb. Kaf. lA. II, 409). 



From scintillans , which it (ace. to Kraatz and others.) very great- 

 ly resembles, it differs mainly in that, the head, pronotum, and scu- 

 tellum are greenish bronze-colored, the elytra yellowish-brown with 

 greenish bronze-lustre, abdomen brownish-red or brownish-yellow with 

 a darker middle-stripe, that pronotum anteriorly is more narrowing, 

 elytra a little longer and distinctly with finer and denser puncta- 

 tion. L. 5-6 mm 



As it is found in North Germany, it is not improbable that it al- 

 so may be found in this country. 



5. Subgenus F.aphlrus Muls. et Pey. 

 32. ^. auricomus Kiesw. 



(Kiesw. Stett. Ent. Ztg. XI, 185C, 22C ; Kraatz Ins. D. II, ECl 

 Note; Muls. et Rey Brevip. 1877, 621; ianglb. Kaf. K. II, 41C). 



A rather small species of even breadth, remarkable by especial 

 large eyes, and the peculiar abdominal hair-clothing. 



