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Black, glistening, with very fine, and on head and pronotum espe- 

 cially sparse, black hair; antennae brownish, most often lighter to- 

 ward the tip; the legs reddish or brownish yellow. 



The head (Fig. 125) is rather large, oblong, with scattered, and 

 particularly to the fore, rather coarse punctation, with small eyes, 

 and in front of these with a short groove, which partly serves as re- 

 ceptical for the antennal scape-formed first, feebly club-shaped joint, 

 which is as long as the four following Joints together; the antennal 

 next-last joints as long as broad. Pronotum is a little narrower than 

 elytra, but a little broader than the head, longer than broad, with 

 feebly rounded sides, the dorsum with two punctate rows, consisting of 

 numerous rather fine punctures, the rows separated by a rather narrow, 

 polished and smooth interval, the sides with irregularly scattered 

 punctation. Elytra aFQ,in winged spesimens, as long as pronotum, in the 

 wingless somewhat shorter than pronotum, with rather robust, dense 

 punctation; abdomen with extremely fine and dense punctation, and due 

 to this, with modulated shine. L. 5-6 mm. 



In the 3 the abdominal sixth ventral joint deeply and acutely in- 

 cised, the fifth posteriorly at middle slightly impressed. 



On meadow- and damp woodland ground, in alluvium at water-edges; 

 distributed everywhere in Europe, not rare in this country, but most- 

 ly found singly. 



79. ^enus Achenium Curt. 



(Curtis Brit. Ent. Ill, 1826 I. 115; Erichs. Kaf. Uk. Br. I, 501; 

 Jen. Spec. Staph. 581; Kraatz Ins. D. II, 686; Luis, et Rey Brevip. 1878. 

 14; Janglb. Kaf. r.. II, 4£7). 



