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The head with fine and sparse punctatlon; antennae rather long and 

 slender, their third joints a little longer than the second, the next- 

 last ones transverse. Pronotum is somewhat narrower than elytra, poster- 

 iorly amply ij times as broad as lon=j, narrowint; anteriorly, finely and 

 not densely punctated, somewhat long-haired with several longer side-brist- 

 les. Elytra 1 ^/^ as long as pronotum, finely and densely punctated, inside 

 the outer hind corners slightly Incurved; abdomen feebly tapering, with 

 fine end scattered piinctation, in the transversal grooves almost smooth. 

 Its two or three next-last dorsal Joints in surface-ground with very fine, 

 scattered puictulaa. Mesosternum is finely carinated anteriorly. L. 4-5 mm. 



In this country it is found in animal offal, bird-excrement, in hollow 



trees with bets, and in remains of bird's nests, but is rare or very rare. 



(Aalborgj Hvedholm, Fyen; Nykabing F.; Hiller^id). 



14. A moerens iyllh. 



(3yllh. Ins. Suec. IV, 4S3; Erichs. Jen. Spec. Staph. 169; Kraatz Ins. 

 D. II, 103; Muls et Rey Br6vip. 1874, 122; Janglb. Kaf. M. II, 40. - linearis 

 Thorns. Skand. Col. II, 253). 



From san^uinea this species is separated mainly by, shorter, darker 

 brown elytra, more distinct punctation of the abdominal transversal grooves 

 also by the color of the last ventral abdominal joint. 



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Black, glistening, distinctly and rather long haired; elytra ahest- 

 nut-brown, sometimes darkly brown; abdominel tip brownish, the entire last 

 ventral joint and the posterior half of the next-last, posterior margins 

 of the preceding yentral Joints, also antennal base, and the legs reddish- 

 yellow, sometimes darker; pronotal sides sometimes brownish, 



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