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 ly and densely , punctated, but elsewhere with rather fine and scattered 

 punctation. Mesosternum finely carinated. L. 3-4.5 mm. 



In the 5^ the posterior marsin of the sixth free dorsal Joint of ab- 

 domen is finely serrated. 



Common everywhere at manure, carrion, under rotting plants, in alluv- 

 ium, under leaves and moss. 



Not infrequently specimens are found of lanuginosa , in which the ves- 

 titure of the forebody is almost prostrate. Such specimens presumably 

 resemble the very closely allied Sa. A. rufitarsis Heer ( v 1 1 1 o sa Janglb.) 

 from the middle European mountainous regions, In which however the fore- 

 body is said to be lead-like glistening, the antennae slenderer and ab- 

 domen more finely punctated. 



10. A. ly^aea Kr. 



(Kraatz Berl. Ent. Ztschr. 1862, 317; Wuls et Hey Brevip. 1874, 115; 

 5an^lb. Kef. r/.. II, 38). 



From lanuginosa this closely allied species Is separated namely by, 

 that the body is more slender, its hair vestiture finec and not rough 

 on the forebody, elytra a little shorter, abdominal punctation finei in 

 the transversal grooves, but elsewhere on the joints more robust. 



Black, glistening, finely prostrate-haired; elytral posterior margin 

 often reddish; legs brownish-red; antennal base and the maxillary palpi 

 often brownish. 



The head with fine and scattered punctation; antennae rather robust, 

 their third joint somewhat longer then the second, the next-last ones 

 almost twice as broau as long; pronotum le posteriorly about as broad es 



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