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 ly large, smooth at middle, on sides with scattered and rather robust 

 punctation; antennae rather short and robust, their second and third joints 

 of same lingth, the nextlast ones strongly transverse. Pronotum is pos- 

 teriorly as broad as elytra, 1^ times as broad as long, feebly narrowing 

 anteriorly with rather strongly rounded sides, convex, along the middle 

 v.ith two somewhat irregular, here and there several-rowed, rather coarse- 

 ly punctated punctate rows, separated by a smooth interval, the sides el- 

 sewhere with scattered, rather robust punctation, as well as the head strong- 

 ly glistening. Elytra as long as pronotum, coarsely and rather densely 

 punctated, their posterior margin inside the outer corners scarsely emaF— 

 gined. nbdomen only feebly tapering, rather densely and robustly punc- 

 tated, especially anteriorly. MeEOsternum carinated. L. 3-4 mm. 



It is especially encountered at manure, but also under rotting plants, 

 at the strand under seaweed and remnants of animals. Distributed and not 

 rare. 



19. A. nitida Jravh. 



(Jravh. Uicr. 97; Erichs. Kaf. tik. Br. T, 358, (ex parte); Gten. Spec. 

 Staph. 168 (ex parte); Kraatz Ins. E. II, lOE; Thome. Skand. Col. II, 254; 

 Muls. et Rey Brevlp. 1874, 151; ^anglb. Kaf. U. II, 42). 



GUlstening black, sparsely haired; Elytra each with a rather sharply 

 bounded, yellowish-red spot anteriorly at the suture; legs black with 

 brownish-red tarsi. 



In regard to form and punctation it resembles tho preceding species. 

 As a rule it is a little smaller than same, and the punctation as a whole 

 8 little finer, the third antennal joint hardly us long as the second; 



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