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 elytra dull, the head with moderate shine, abdomen rather glistening; 

 antennae pitch-black or pitch-brown; legs brownish-red with lighter 

 knees and tarsi. 



Bather narrow and most often smaller than the preceding species, 

 the surface of forebody very finely and densely reticulated (chagreened) , 

 head feebly glistening, sparsely or simply haired, sides with rather ro- 

 bust and isolated punctation, along middle-line not punctated; antennae 

 short and rather robust, their third joint scarcely as long as the second, 

 the fourth transverse, the next-last ones at least twice as broad as long. 

 Pronotum a little narrower than elytra, about It times as broad as long, 

 feebly narrowing anteriorly, ^rather fine and isolated punctation, with 

 dense and rather coarse, from middle-line outuardly directed hair vesti- 

 ture ; elytra somewhat longer than pronotum, punctated and haired like 

 same. Abdomen of e iual breadth, rather robustly and densely punctated. 

 L. 3-4 mm. 



Distributed and not rare on the strand under seaweed and at remnants 



of animals. Occasionally together with the preceding species numerously 



in fermenting collections of kelp. 



2. 7enus. Dlnnrda Mannh. 



(?/nnnerh. Prachel. 12; Brichs. Kaf. Mk. Br. I, 373; "Jen. Spec. Staph. 

 200; ?:raatz Ins. D. II, iC9; Thorns. Skand. Col. II, 244; J.VjIs. et Key 

 Bre'vip. 1B73, €; langlb. Kaf. ¥.. II, 47). 



This unique genus, remarkable both in appearance of species and in 



their mode of living, is definitely characterized within the group Aloo- 



charlnl by the sharp side-ioargin of elytra, which separates It from all 



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