(Pa^e 451) 



sharp incision. In the p the sixth ventral Joint is tongue-f ormedly 



elongated and at each side produced; the seventh free dorsal Joint in 



the p with a carina in middle-line. 



Distributed everywhere in Korth and Middle Europe, and is common 



in this country, on damp ground, in woods under leaves, at water edges 



in alluvium. The larvae is found and reared by Cand. '^. Schlick (15. 9. 



1894). 



9. L. fovulum Fabr. 



(Steph. 111. Brit. V, 270; Janglb. Kaf. U. II, 513. - punetatum 

 Erichs. Kaf. Mk. br. I, 5C8; Sen. Spec. Staph. 60C ; Kraatz Ins. E. II. 

 679; Thorns. Skand. Col. II, 199; I'.uls. et Rey Bre'vip. 1878, 54). 



Considerably smaller than brunnipes and with darher legs; somewhat 

 more robust than the following species, f ilif orme . but with proportio- 

 nately smaller head than this; for the rest identified by the color. 



(Page 452) 



Black; pronotum glistening; abdomen dull, together with elytra fine- 

 ly haired; antennae and mouth-parts rust-red, legs brownish red. 



The head is distinctly narrower than pronotum, oval, the sides with 

 rather fine, the middle with isolated punctation; the antennae slender, 

 their middle Joints longer than broad; pronotum as broad as elytra, oblong, 

 with parallel sides, with rather robust and sparse punctation, at middle 

 line smooth; elytra most often as long as, or a little shorter than pro- 

 notum (typical form), more rarely longer than pronotum (var. heteropterum 

 Epp.). with rather fine and sparse punctation; abdomen extremely densely 

 and finely punctate. L. 6-7 mm. 



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