(Pa^e 403) 

 with a pitch-brown spot on the middle anteriorly; the elytre brov.n- 

 ish red; abdominal tip, mouth, antennae and legs yellowish-red. 



The head Is rounded-square, in the p a little narrower, in robust 

 qO a little broader than pronotum; the ayes shorter than the temples; 

 the punctures in the transversal punctate row of fore-head of e^ual 

 distance from each other; antennae rather short and robust, their mid- 

 dle and next-last joint distinctly transverse; pronotum as long as broad, 

 a little narrower than the elytra, and only feebly narrowing anterior- 

 ly, with four punctures in each dorsal rov. and vjith 5 side-punctures, 

 all punctures rather fine; elytra fully as long as pronotum, with rath- 

 er fine and dense punctation; the abdomen with fine and rather dense 

 punctation; first joint of hind-tarsi shorter than the following three 

 joints together, as long as the distal joint. L. 5-7 mm. 



The fore-tarsi in the O are not dilated; abdominal sixth ventral 

 joint at tip slightly emarginate. 



Distributed in various parts of the country, but rare and local. 

 It lives mainly in hollow trees in the crumblings, in waste from birds' 



nests and mouse-nests, (Page 404) in tunnels and gnaw- 



ings of the larva of Gossus , it is more rarely encountered in wasps' 

 nests (Iljb'rring, Aalborg, Kolding; Bogfiaes, ^bjerggaard, vicinity of 

 Copenhagen, Hiller>^d and several other places). Its main home is Mid- 

 dle Europe, but it is also found in Skaane, and I.'liddle Sweden, not 

 found in Norway. 



3rd Series. Pronotum v^ith 5 Punctures in each Dorsal Kow. 



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