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 tated than this, their posterior margin inside the outer corners feebly 

 Inourveds abdomen of even breadth, its first three free dorsal Joints 

 slightly depressed at base; legs rather slender, first joint of hind tar- 

 si long, as long as the three following Joints together, longer than the 

 claw-Joint. L. 3-3.5 mm. 



It lives like the Calodera species on damp ground, is distributed through- 

 out North and Middle Europe, in this country heretofore only found in the 

 forests at Hiller^d, now and then numerously under very moist leaves at 

 woodland bogs, especially in the spring. 



14. Genus Calodera Uannh. 



(Uannh. Brach. 85; Srichs. Eaf. Mk. Br. I, 301; CJen-.Spec. Staph. 64; 

 Kraatz Ins. L. II, 14C; Thorns. Skand. Col. II, 300; f.iuls. et Fey Brevip. 

 1874, 530; Janglb. Kaf. M. II, 96). 



The body is narrow and rather slender, the head porrect, posteriorly 

 rounded off and rather strongly constricted (Fig. 26 ,i, temples asid genae 

 not marginated, nor are the eyes prominent; antennae robust, their third 

 Joint shorter than the second and the middle ones often a little broader 

 than the next-last ones. The third Joint of maxillary palpi somewhat lon- 

 ger and more robust than the second, the fourth subullform, especially small 



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 and fine. The tongue is short, cleft to the middle; labial palpi small, 

 their second Joint very short. 



Pronotum is much narrower than elytra, somewhat narrowing posteriorly 



with strongly deflected, rounded off fore-corners and obtuse-angular hind 



corners; elytra longer than pronotoui with prominent humeral corners, their 



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