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 Brivip. 1874, 393; 3anglb. Kaf. M. II, 87). 



Much like an^^ulata , but a little smaller, with more robust antennae 

 and broader pronotum. 



Black or brownish black; elytra brownish-red, around scutellum and 

 on hind corners sometimes dark; abdominal tip reddish-yellow; antennal 

 base and tip, mouth-parts and the le^s rust-red. Forebody finely haired, 

 ground-surface densely shagreened, jreasy dully-jlistening , abdomen with 

 Somewhat longer vesititure &vA more glistening. 



Forebody more densely and also more robustly punctated than in an^ulata; 

 antennae strongly thickened distally, their second and third joints of same 

 length, the middle and next-last ones twice as broad as long, not articu- 

 late. Pronotum posteriorly amply as broad as elytra, more than twice as 

 broad as long, its posterior margin inside corners distinctly incUpved und 

 these thereby prominent. Abdomen fully as densely punctated as in angulata . 

 L. 2.5 mm. 



Accordinj to U. Bernhauer ( Staphyliniden d . palaarkt. Fauna p. 34) the 

 fifth free dorsal joint of abdomen in the ^with a stron-; longitudinal 

 carina , and at middle of the sixth joint with e small granule; posterior 

 margin of the sixth joint is truncated end finely notched. As I have on- 

 ly seen a few specimens of the species, which furthermore all apparently 

 were QQ . I am not in position to verify this; other authors; Kraatz, 

 5anglbauer, et. al. give no description of the sex-characters of th'. C . 



It lives with Laslus fuli^lnosu s in hollow trees ani stubs, but is 

 seemingly very rare Ir this country, heretofore fonnr: only in a few places 

 in SJaelland (tonse, Rlllerpd, :<<fge). By more exact investigation it would 

 quite surely be denoted in other parts of the country. 



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