(Pa^e 30) 



and from Uiddle Europe a steady guest in the underground abodes of moles, 



where It presumably chases various smaller parasites: mites, fleas and 



the like. It is distributed In Middle Europe, and is found many places in 



this country, especially in North SJaelland, most often in mole habitats, 



but exceptionally also at humble-bee's nests and under leaves (Brede, Kol- 



ding). It is found in England, but heretofore seemingly not in Sweden or 



Norway. 



4. Subgenus C^ranota Steph. 



22. A. ruficornis Jravh. 



(Jravh. y.icr. 91; Erichs. vien. Spec. Staph. 170; Kraatz Ins. D. II, 

 84; Muls. et Rev Br^-vip. 1874, 196; lianglb. Kaf. U. II, 43). 



Among our Aleochara species distinguished and recognized by the pecu- 

 liar sex-characters of the '^^^ . 



Light rust-brown or rust-red, glistening, finely and sparsely gray- 

 ish-yellow haired; the head, base of abdominal Joints snd often also the 

 middle plane of pronotal dorsum pitch-brown; entonnal base and the legs 

 reddish yellow. 



The head is rather small, at middle with scattered, at sides and pos- 

 teriorly denser, more robust punctation; eyes small; antennae rather long 

 and slender, slightly thickened distally, their third Joint distinctly 

 longer than the second, the next-last ones feebly transverse. Pronotum 

 about as broad as elytra, 1^ times as broad as long with rather strongly 

 rounded sides, slightly convex, rather finely and densely punctated; el- 

 ytra as long as pronotum, very densely and quite robustly scabrously punc- 

 tated, their posterior margin inside the outer corners distinctly tuourvad 



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