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 Very closely allied to, and in appearance much like elon^atum , how- 

 ever of more uniform breadth, and often somewhat more robust (Fig. 129); 

 in comparison with elon^'^atum especially recognized by the following details! 

 Elytra are reddish brown, at base most often black without being sharp- 

 ly bounded; rarely entirely black (var. vol^^ense Hochh.) ; punctation of 

 head on dorsal side less dense, on ventral side fine and scattered, much 

 finer and more scattered than in elongatum ; pronotum broader than in 

 same, however hardly as broad as elytra, these not longer than pronotum, 

 with robust and rather dense punctation. L. 8-9 mm. 



In the o' the abdominal sixth ventral joint in middle-line posterlo- 

 ly grooved, but feebly or scarcely emarginate at tip (Fig. 130); the 

 groove is on each side bordered with densely set, short, black hairs. 

 Fig. 129. Lathrobium iieminum Kr. 

 Distributed in Europe; rare and local in this country, heretofore 

 seeningly found only here and there in Sjaelland, on meadow or marsh- 

 ground, under moss, old mouldy hay, and in alluvium, morfc often in com- 

 pany with elongatum . In Middle Europe said to be more frequent than 

 same (Janglb.), rare in Sweeden (Thorns.). 



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 A very closely allied, a little smaller species is L. ripicola Czwal. 

 ( boreale I'.uls.). It deviates from geminum and elongatum in that, the 

 coxae are yellowish-red, lighter than in these, and that the head is ful- 

 ly as broad as pronotum; elytra are either entirely red, or very limitedly 

 dark at base, in regard to the punctation of the head, and sex-characters 



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