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 joints strongly transverse. Pronotnm is posteriorly as broad a£ elytra, 

 twice as broad as long, narrrowlng anteriorly with obtuse angular hind 

 corners, and rounded sides, rather convex, finely and densely punctated, 

 strongly glistening; elytra a little longer than pronotum, more densely 

 and robustly punctated than this; abdomen rather equally broad, anterior- 

 ly very densely and rather finely punctated, posteriorly less densely 

 but more robustly punctated. L. 3-4 mm. 



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 In the O the fifth free dorsal joint of abdomen at middle with scatter- 

 ed jrranulose punctation. 



In bird's nests, preferring apparently owl^ nests, also under leaves 

 and with ants ( Lasius fuli;;inosus ). Very rare. (Nyraad at Vordingborg 5. 

 88, Dyrehaven at Copenhagen 9. 86, Ljeivendal). 



2. M. picipennis (Jyllh. 



(2yllh. Ins. Suec. IV. 489; Thoms. Opusc. Ent. IV, 373; CJanglb. Kaf. 

 M. II, 53. - hadrocera Kraatz Ins. D. II, 1056. - taxicornis Muls. et Pey 

 Bre'vlp. 1874, 188 ( Polystoma) . ) . 



Identified especially by the color and the very robust antennae, also 

 by the finely margined suture of elytra, which separates it from the other 

 species of this genus. 



Black with feeble greasy gloss, rather densely short-haired; elytra 

 occasionally pitch-brownish; antennae pitch-black or brownish, their first 

 two-three joints brownish-red; legs brownish-red or yellowish-red. 



Form and size of the body about same as pulla . but the head somewhat 

 larger than in this. Thle is rather finely end densely punctated, with 



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