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 in Micro;glossa ; the fore- and middle-tibiae ere not spiniferous, but on- 

 ly finely haired, and the fourth and fifth free dorsal Joints of abdomen 

 are of equal J,ength. 



Only one European species is known, which is widely distributed and 

 also found in this country; contrary to staphylinids in general i^ lives 

 more in houses than In the open. 



1. C. suturalis Mannh. 



(Mannh. Brach. 82; Thorns. Skand. Col. II, 283; Muls. et Rey Brevip. 

 1874, 216; :>anslb. Kaf. M. II, 55. - praetexta Erichs. Kaf. M. Br. I, 

 361; Jen. Spec. Staph. 176; Krautz Ins. T. II, 82). 



Besides by the form of body, and other above mentioned jeneric char- 

 acters, especially identified by short pronotum and color of elytra. 



Blach or pitch-brown, somewhat glistening, finely yellowish -gray hair- 

 ed; elytral suture and posterior margin red; tip of abdomen, most often 



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 also posterior margins of its Joints, antennae, mouth-parts, and legs red- 

 dish-yellow. 



The head is proportionately large, however somewhat narrower than pro- 

 notum, with especially fine and scattered or scarcely detectable puncta- 

 tion; antennae short, their third Joint shorter than the second, the fol- 

 lowing outer joints (4-10) rather strongly transverse and nearly of equal 

 breadth. Pronotum is short, as broad as elytra, more than twice as oroad 

 as long, feebly narrowing anteriorly with rounded sides and almost rect- 

 angular hind corners, slightly convex, isolated and very fine punctation. 

 In the O with a flat, occasionally double impression at middle posterior- 

 ly; elytra somewhat longer than pronotum, with rather dense and fine, feeb- 



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