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 next-last joint most often more or less transverse. The ab- 

 domen (in our species) besides the darker hair-vestiture with 

 golden glistening hair-spots, or transversal bands ( Staphy - 



linus Linne, Kraatz) 2. 



Antennae oftenest more slender, of even thickness or thinner 

 outwardly, their next-last joint rarely feebly transverse, 

 most often longer than broad. Abdomen black- or brownish- 

 haired, not with golden-glistening hair-spots or transver- 

 sal bands ( Ocypus K irby. Kraatz) 6. 



2. Body with dense, spotted felt-like hair-vestiture, the abdomen 



ventrally with white hair-clothing. Antennal middle and next- 

 last joints (6-lC) rather strongly transverse: 1. subgenus 

 Trichoderma Ihoms. - the surface of head with polished pit- 

 ted punctures, and with an ere-like-glistening polished spot 



on the forehead. L. 12-17 ram 1. St. pubescens Ce Jeer. 



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 Body with prostrate and finer hair-clothing 3. 



3. Head broadest behind, triangular or oval-formed. Head and prono- 



tum with coarse, navel-punctation : 2. Subgenus Flatydracu s 



Thome 4. 



Head not broadest behind, rounded or transverse with rounded off 

 corners. Head and pronotum with finer, very dense simple 

 punctation 7. 



4. Elytra greenish-blue. L. 14-17 mm 2. St. fulvipes Scop. 



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