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 shagreened surface, and on sides v.'lth rather dense end coarse, but not 

 deep punctation, and only a narrow, on the pronotum slijhtly elevated, 

 middle-line without punctation, and shining, iilytra considerably lon- 

 ger than pronotum, and to^^ether with abdomen especially densely and 

 finely punctated and sha^reened, and therefore dull. 1. 5-6 mm. 



In the o the abdominal sixth ventral Joint at tip angularly pmap- 



The variety pruinosus Brichs. (ien. Spec. Staph. FlC; I^uls. et Pey 

 EreVip. 1877, 435) differs from the typical form in that, the head and 

 pronotum are less dull, antennae and lejs li^jhter, the head broader, 

 pronotum posteriorly more narrowing, elytra shorter, and abdomen less 

 densely and finely punctated. - Var. f ilum Kiesv;. (Muls. et Rey Brevip. 

 1877, 437) is smaller than the typical form, ana uith lighter antennae 

 and legs; the third antennal joint is shorter, and pronotum posterior- 

 ly slightly narrov.ed. L. 3.5 - 4 mm. 



The typical form on beaches under seaweed, but very local; most 

 frequent at the coasts of Sjaelland and V^n; I have found it in enor- 

 mous numbers at Eeget^ across from Frederikshavn, singly at Limfjorden; 

 V. oruinosus and v. f ilum have seemingly heretofore not been found here. 



72. ienuE Actobius Fauv. 



(Fauv. Faun. ^all. rhen. Ill, Suppl.. 72; langlb. Kaf. M. II, 465. 

 - Pemus Thoms. Skand. Col. 167; Muls. et Pey Bre'vip. 1977, 453). 



Closely allied to the preceding species, but separated from this 



mainly by, that the antennal second joint is thickened, as thick as the 



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