(Pa^e 55) 



The head is rather small, densely and very finely punctated, the an- 

 tennae soraewhtit longer than head and pronotum together, feebly thicken- 

 ed distally, their third joint shorter than the second, the next-last 

 ones as broad as long or feebly transverse, distal joint rather thick, 

 impressed from middle, obtusely tapering. Pronotum is as broad as elytr-i, 

 1* times as broad as long Vkith smoothly rounded sides and nearly rounded 

 off hind corners, slightly convex, very finely and densely punctated, nost 

 often feebly grooved in niddle-line and with a feeble transversal fovea 

 before scutellum. Elytra not longer then pronotum, more densely and dis- 

 tinctly punctated than same, their posterior margin inside the outer cor- 

 ners Incurved; abdomen nearly of equal breadth or only tapering posterior- 

 ly, all over with especially fine and especially dense punctation, silky 

 glistening hair vestiture with a few side-bristlee. L. 3-4 mm. 



Distributed; especially on boggy, cold forest ground under leaves and 



moss; in most places rare or very rare, but frequent in spots (Sk)*rping 



at Aalborg, Hillerefd, Tibirke and other places). 



10. 0. lantula Er. 



(Erichs. Kaf. Mk. Br. I, 34S; ien. Spec. Staph. 150; Kraatz Ins. D. 

 IT, 168; Muls. et Pey Dr^vip. 1874, 3CC ; "Janglb. Kaf. M. II, £5). 



This small species Is, besides by the color namely recognized by the 

 scarsely thickened antennae, and by relatively short, broed pronotum. 



Rather short and narrow, of almost equal breadth. Black, particularly 

 finely haired, feebly glistening; legs pitch-brown. In teneral animals 

 pronotum and elytra or abdominal tip mott often brownish. 



The he.id lather broad, yet narrower than pronotum, extremely finely 



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