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 base, mouth-parts, and lejs light reddish-yellow. 



The head is about as broad as pronotum, especially finely and not dens- 

 ely punctated; the antennae considerably longer than head and pronotum 

 together, slender, distally however rather robust, their second and third 

 joints of same length, the middle ones longer than broad, tne next-last 

 ones scarcely transverse, distal Joint rather large, slightly impressed 

 at middle, obtusely tipped. Pronotum somewhat narrower than elytra, as 

 long as broad or a little longer, slightly narrowing posteriorly with an- 

 teriorly rounded, posteriorly almost straigth sides, densely and finely 

 punctated, with a transversal fovea posteriorly before the scutellum, and 

 sometimes one from the fovea issuing;, abbreviated longitudinal groove in 

 the middle-line. Elytra are a little longer than pronotum, fully as dens- 

 ely and robustly punctated as this, their posterior margin inside the out- 

 er corners distinctly incurved; abdomen all over very densely and extrem- 

 ely finely punctated, much finer than the forebody, L. 4-4.5 mm. 



It lives on damp sandy ground, especially in sandy river-brinks, often 



in company wiith certain Tach.yusa species ( constricta , coarctata ) and Bledius 



species. It roots through the surface in the manner of ants by moving the 



single grains of sand with the mandibles, and is best obtained by sifting 



the sand-layer. Very rare (Jrejsdal, Blokhus, at ■::openhagan et. al.). 



13. Jenus Ityocara Thorns. 



(Thoms. Skand, Ool. IX, 239; Wuls. et Pey Bre'vlp. 1874, 516; ianglb. 

 Kaf. M. II, 96). 



The one hereonto belonging species, rubens Er. , which by Erlchson and 



Kraatz is assigned to Oaloder a. ie by Thomson separated as a special genus 



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