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 fine and dense punctation of the abdomeni the body anteriorly less 

 narrowed. 



Black, head and pronotum polished; elytra glistening, with rather 

 dense, grayish-brown hair, a mutual spot at the suture and an oblong, 

 more or less exstensive spot under the humeri red; abdomen with ex- 

 tremely fine and dense grayish-brov-n hair, this produslng a silky 

 dull shine; fore-coxae reddish-yellov. ; legs blackish-brown, though 

 often with lighter tibiae and tarsi. Occasionally the red spots on el- 

 ytra are confluent (var. contaminatus Jravh.), more rarely the elytra 

 are entirely black (var. unicolor Seidl.). 



The head is rounded-square, hardly as broad as pronotum, with 

 proportionately large eyes and short temples; the antennae slender, 

 their next-last joints longer than broad; pronotum a little narrow- 

 er than elytra, as long as broad, enteriorly scarcely narrov/ing, with 

 5 punctures in each dorsal row, and with 5 side-punctures, of which 

 tv.D are placed in line almost parallel with the dorsal row; elytra ful- 

 ly as long as pronotum, rather finely and densely punctate; abdomen 

 with extremely fine and dense punctation; fore-tibiae sparsely spini- 

 ferous; fore-tarsi in both sexes dilated, but most strongly in the O ; 

 first joint of the hind-tarsi longer than the claw-joint. L. 7-5 mm. 



In the O the abdominal sixth ventral joint at tip with a deep, 

 acute incision with a membranous border at the bottom. 



Distributed in Europe and not rare in this country at manure, 

 carrion and rotting plants, often also in elluvium and on beaches 



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