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 the elytra are glistening, their outer bind oorners, the antennal first 

 joint and tip, also the legs are most often reddish or brownish yellow, 

 that the head is a little narrower and lon£jer, elytra robustlier punctate, 

 and that the abdominal sixth free dorsal joint in the o is elongated in- 

 to a broader, more tongue-formed tip. L. 6-7 mm. 



As widely distributed as, and not rarer than the preceding species; 

 on damp ground, in alluvium, under leaves etc. 



3. Subgenus Lathrobium s. str. 



4. L. rufipenne Jyllh. 



(Jyllh. Ins. Suec. Ill, 704; Erichs. Kaf. Mk. Br. I, 505; Gen. Spec. 

 Staph. 551; Kraat? Ins. D. II. 675; Ihoms. Skand. Col. II, 190; Muls. 

 et Key Brevip. 1878, 46; Sanglb. Kaf. ^^ II, 510). 



Smaller and more slender than elongatum , geminum , and fulvipenne , 

 and in relation to these, furthermore recognizeable by the coarser, more 

 smoothly dense punctation of the head. 



Black, glistening; thorax sparsely, abdomen somewhat denser haired; 

 elytra red, their anterior third part black; antennae, mouth-parts, and 

 legs yellowish-red. 



The head as broad as pronotum, feebly oviform, the entire dorsal si- 

 de as well as the ventral side with dense, even and coarse punctation; 

 the antennae rather robust, their distal joints about as broad as long; 

 pronotum a little narrower than elytra, oblong, about as coarsely, but 

 not quite as densely punctated as the head, the middle-line smooth; ely- 

 tra a little longer than pronotum, with rather fine, and not dense, here 

 and there obliquely row-forming punctation; abdomen densely and finely 

 punctate. L. 6-7 mm. 



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