(Pa^e 27) 

 little longer than pronotum, robustly and rather densely punctated, and 

 with transverse outwardly directed hair vestiture, their posterior mar- 

 gin inside the outer corners slightly emarginated; abdomen rathsr equally 



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 broad, strongly glistening, its transversal grooves deep, narrow, coarse- 

 ly and densely punctated, but all joints elsewhere with very fine and 

 scattered punctatlon. fiesosternum finely carinated. L. Z.L-Z mni. 



Distributed in Middle Europe; very rare in this country and hereto- 

 fore only found singly at Haderslev, Odense and Hillerjefd under rotting 

 plants and in compost. 



Fig. 12. The last four antennal joints in Aleochara inconspicua 

 Aube. Q and <5^ . 



(Subgenus Coprochare Muls.). 



18. A. billineate Jyllh. 



(lyllh. Ins. Suec. II, 436; Kraatz Ins. D. II, 105; Thorns. Skand. Col. 

 II, 2E4; Muls. et Rey Br^vip. 1874, 147; Janglb. Kaf. M. II, 41. - nitida 

 var. Erichs.). 



Pronotum of this species like in the two following species with. two 

 distinct punctate rows along the middle, separated by a smooth interval. 

 By this they are eaeily separated from the other species of this genus. 

 From nitida Jravh. , to which it in form and punctation is very closely 

 allied, and of which it sometimes is considered as a variety (see Erich- 

 son), it is separated namely by the color of elytra. 



Jlistening black, finely haired; elytra entirely black or only brown- 

 ish at posterior margin; legs brownish black with brovnish-red tarsi. 



The body is rather narrow and of equal breadth; the head proportiona*e- 



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