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 pronotum, and elytra is a mixture of silver-jray and golden-brown- 

 ish, with darker spots and undulated lines, the abdomen black and 

 golden-brown; scutellum and two spots on each of the first four free 

 dorsal abdominal joints velvety black; metasternurn and base of the 

 ventral abdominal joints with light-golden hair; antennal base, mouth- 

 parts, and mouth, also partly the legs, reddish-yellow, the inner part 

 of femora black, hind tibiae and hind tarsi brownish. 



Head, pronotum, and elytra v^ith very densely shagreened surface, 

 the first two parts furthermore with very fine and dense, elytra with 

 less dense punctation; temples a little shorter than the eyes; sides 

 of pronotum are groove-like impressed, behind middle incurved; elytra 

 longer than pronotum. Posterior margin of fifth free dorsal abdominal 

 joint is darkly marginated. L. 15-20 mm 



In the (5^ the eyes are smaller than in the O » the sixth ventral 

 abdominal joint with rather deep emargination at tip, and before the 

 emargination smoothed. 



At dung and carrion. Distributed in North and Middle Europe, but 



everywhere in this country rather rare and singly. 



2. 0. murinus Linn. 



(Linne Faun. Suec. 840; Erichs. Kaf. I'k. Br. I, 433; (Jen. Spec. 

 Staph. 361; Kraatz Ins. D. II, 535; Thorns. Skand. Col. II, 142; Muls. 

 et Fey Brevip. 1877, 86; Janglb. Kaf. M. II, 418). 



From nebulosas , which it very much resembles in regard to color 

 of the body, and felt-like, spotted vestiture, as well as the bronze- 

 lustre of prothorax, it is easily separated by the following charac- 

 ters: 



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