(Pa-e 21) 

 terlorly with rounded, bristle-haired sides, convex, with fine and smooth, 

 but not dense punctation, rather strongly glistening; elytra as long as 

 pronotum, with rather robust and dense scabrous punctation, their poster- 

 ior margin inside the rounded off outer hind corners not inourv«d; abdomen 

 almost of equal breadth, only tapeiing at the hindmost joints, prostrate 

 black-haired, the transversal grooves of foremost dorsal joints robustly 

 and very densely punctated, at the hindmost part of foremost joints and 

 the following with less robust and somewhat more isolated punctation. 

 Kesosternum is finely cerinated. L. 5,5 mm. 



It is destributed in Middle and South Europe, is said to be not infre- 

 quent there, at manure. In this country it is heretofore only found sing- 

 ly at Odense (5. 98. N. P. Jorgensen) and at Molbeak, Pilkeborg (fl. 03. 

 Esb. Petersen), at the former place under mouldy plant-remnants. 



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 7. A. crassiuscula Sahib. 



(Sahib. Ins. Fenn. I, 396; Muls. et Pey Brdvip. 1874, 65j )anglb. Kaf. 

 M. II, 34. - tristis Erichs. Kaf. Mk. Er. I, 355; ien. Spec. Staph. 162; 

 Kraatz Ins. B. II, 69; Thoms. Skand. Col. II, 252. - moesta 3ravh. Bernh. 

 Staph. Pal. Fn. 34). 



From the preceding species, tristis Jravh. , to which it is closely al- 

 lied, It is separated inter alia, by yellowieh-red elytra, which most often 

 have a mutual, large triangular black spot at base around scutellum and 

 along the suture; antennal base and the legs are brownish-red, knees and 

 tarsi lighter. 



The body evenly broad, the surffice all over finely reticulated and 

 lather feebly glistenlnj, smoothl^v haired. Head and pronotum with a little 



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