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tation, their posterior margin inside the outer corners feebly incurved; 



abdomen either of equal breadth or- and most often - widened posteriorly, 



with very fine, anteriorly rather dense, posteriorly isolated punctation. 



First joint of hind tarsi a little longer than the two following joints 



together, and almost as long as the claw-joint. L. 2.5-3 mm. 



Distributed throughout Middle and North Europe; with us it is very 



rare and heretofore only a few times found in Nordsjaelland under leaves 



on semi-damp forest ground. (Jaegersborg Dyrehave, Praestevang at Hllle- 



r^d et al.). 



3. Subgenus Ocyusa s. str. Muls. et Fey. 



3. 0. maura Srichs. 



(Lrichs. Kaf. Mk. Br. I, 352; Jen. Spec. Staph. 156; Kraatz Ins. E. 

 II. 157; Thorns. Skand. Col. Ill, 11; I^Iuls. et Rey Brevip. 1874, 428; Janglb , 

 Kaf. :.:. II, 34). 



In appearance this small species is much like a Galooera, however the 

 head is scarcely constricted behind, and only the first three free abdom- 

 inal joints are depressed at base. 



Glistening black, finely and sparsely haired; antennae dark, pitch- 

 brownish; their base, mouth-parts, tarsi, knees, often also tibiae brown- 

 ish-red, occasionally reddish-yellow. 



The head is only a trifle narrower than pronotum, rather porrect, but 

 posteriorly not distinctly constricted, finely and rather densely punc- 

 tated; antennae quite slender, thin at base, thickened toward tip, their 

 third joint shorter than the second, the middle ones nearly longer than 

 broad, the next-last ones 1:^ times a& broad as long, distal jolgt rather 



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