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 elytra and abdomen with extremely fine and dense punctation, due to 

 this and the hair vestiture therefore dull. The first 4 joints of fore- 

 tarsi are strongly dilated in the O , less strongly in the Q ; hind- 

 tarsi rather short, the first joint shorter than the claw-joint. L. 

 4.5 -5.5 mm. 



In the O the abdominal sixth ventral joint at tip feebly emar^i- 

 nated. 



Distributed, and on damp ground, in alluvium, under leaves and 

 moss everywhere rather frequent. - i^ little smaller species, sl^nati - 

 cornis Muls, et Rey , vith coarse and scatteredly punctated, glistening 

 head is found in Middle Surope. 



73. Jenus Bl snius Thorns. 



(Thoms. Skand. Col. II, 168; Muls. et Rey Bre'vip. 1877, 439. - 

 Ne obi snius ianglb. Kaf. I.;. II, 464). 



Closely allied to Actabius , with gllstenin^^, on both sides punc- 

 tated head and pronotum, and with short hind-tarsi, in which the first 

 joint is a little shorter than the claw-joint. It deviates in that the 

 antennal second joint is not thicker than the third, elytra and abdomen 



are more glistening, and only the first three joints of fore-tarsi 



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 are dilated, strongly in the O , feebly in the Q . The body is nar- 

 row and of equal breadth, and the species have a Lathrobium- like ap- 

 pearance (Fig. 12C). 



Three species are living in North and Middle Europe; of v/hich two 

 are found in this country, the third is not unlikely. 



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