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 of which 13-14 also make their home with us. They live on damp ground, 

 as well in as outside of forests, often at water edges in alluvium, un- 

 der leaves and stones. 



Key to Subgenera and Species. 



1. Elytra with single side-marginal ridge 2. 



Elytra with double side-marginal ridge, rowed punctation: 1. Subg. 



Lobrathium Muls. - Pronotum with even, rather dense and coarse 



punctation, with smooth middle-line. L. 7-6 ma 



1. multipunctum Gtravh. 



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2. Neck of the head very narrow, hardly 1/3 as broad as the head, which 



is rounded and narrower than pronotum: 2. Subg. Tetartopeus C2wal..3. 

 Neck of the head broader, about half as broad as head, which is more 

 or less oblong, and only exceptionally narrower than pronotum: 

 3. Subg. Lathrobium s. str.... 4. 



3. Elytra rather dull, oftenest entirely black. Legs pitch-black or 



brownish-red. L. 7-8 mm 2. L. guadratum Payk. 



Elytra glistening, black, most often with reddish-yellow outer hind 



corners. Legs reddish or brownish yellow. L. 6-7 mm 



3. L. terminatum 3ravh . 



4. Body black with either entirely black or partly red or brownish 



elytra • ^« 



Body with reddish or brownish-yellow elytra, occasionally with 



darker abdomen ^^' 



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