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pering, strongly glistening, the transversal grooves most often rather 



finely and densely punctated, rarely ' almost smooth, else\where the joints 



with simple punctation or smooth, r-^esosternum finely carinated. L. 2.5- 



3.5 mm. — t'ig. 11. Maxillary palpi of Aleochara succicola Thoms. 



with strongly thickened third joint. 



At outflowing tree-sap, sometimes numerous; more singly under rotting 



plants. In this country mostly in woodland regions, but rather rare or 



local; distributed throughout North and Middle Europe, but increasingly 



rarer northward, 



(Subgenera Dyschara Muls.). 



17. A. inconspicua Aube. 



(Aube' Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1850, 312; Kraatz Ins. D. II, 107; Muls. et 

 Hey Erevip. 1874, 142; GJanglb. Kaf. M. II, 40). 



A rather small species, remarkably in, and recognized by the long 

 distal joint of the antennae in the 5"' (Fig. 12) and by the deep, coarsely.; 

 and denselv punctated transversal grooves of abdomen. 



Jlistening black, all over rather long haired; elytral posterior mar- 

 gin sometimes brownish; legs reddish- or pitch-orown with reddish knees 

 and tarsi. 



The body narrow fusiform; the head almost Impunctated, strongly glis- 

 tening; )t,he antennae rather slender, their third joint most often distinct- 

 ly longer than the second, the next-last ones feebly transverse, distal 

 joint in the O as long as the two, in the ^ as the three preceding joints 

 together. Pronotum somewhat narrower than elytra, ih times as broad as 

 long, feebly narrowing anteriorly with rather strongly rounded, simple 

 bristle-haired sides, convex, finely and sparsely punctated. Elytra a 



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