(P£ge 422) 

 first, and much thicker than the thin third (Fig. 119), that prono- 

 tum is glistening, end that the hind tarsal first joint is short, con- 

 siderably shorter than the clav- joint. 



In Europe two species occur on damp jround, and of these one is 

 found in this country. 



Fig. 119. Head of Actobjus cinerascene Gravh. 



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 1. A. cinerascens Jravh. 



(iravh. Micr. 49; Erichs. Kaf. fjlk. Br. I, 478; len. Spec. Staph. 

 509; Kraatz Ins. D. II, 622; Thorns. Skand. Col. II, 167; Muls. et Pey 

 Bre'vip. 1877, 459; (Janglb. Kaf. V.. II, 465). 



Bather of equal breadth, narrow and slender, in appearance some- 

 what like a Lathrobium . identified by the above mentioned characters 

 also by the dullness of elytra and abdomen. 



Black, head dull, and pronotum glistening, v.ith very scattered 

 and fine hair; elytra and abdomen dull, with fine and dense, gray hair 

 of silky shine; antennae pitch-bro\sn, their base, and the legs brown- 

 ish-red or reddish-yellow. 



The head is as broad as pronotum, rounded-square, with small eyes 

 and longer temples, finely and densely punctated, at middle smooth; 

 antennae rather slender, their second joint thickened strongly toward 

 the tip, the third thin, the nest-last fully as long as broad; pro- 

 notum narrower than elytra, longer than broad, feebly narrowed poste- 

 riorly, sides of dorsum with rather robust, but not dense punctation, 

 along the middle smooth; elytra considerably longer than pronotum, 



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