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 small and conical; the tongue rather short and broad, cleft to the middle; 

 labial palpi short. 



Pronotum is much narrower than elytra, a little broader than long with 

 rounded off, strongly deflected fore-corners and posteriorly slightly con- 

 tracted sides; elytra ^ time lonijer than pronotum, their posterior margin 

 inside the outer corners feebly irrourved; abdomen rather evenly broad, 

 its first three free dorsal joints depressed at base; legs slender; fore- 

 tarsi 4-jointed, the others 5-jointed; first joint of hind tarsi very little 

 longer than the second, the two together somewhat longer than the claw- 

 joint. 



The species live on damp ground; several species occur in f,5iddle and 



Test Europe, of which only 1 is found in this country and in the rest of 



Morth Burope. 



Fig. 33. Antennae of Callicerus obscurus Oravh. 



Fig. 34. i/axillary palpi of Oallicerus obscurus CJravh. 



1. C. obscurus Gravh. 



(Jravh. Uicr. 66; Kreatz. Ins. D. II, 138; Thorns. Skand. Col. II, 299; 

 L'uls. et Rey Brevip. 1873, 116. Janglb. Kaf. M. II, 128. - j jiomalotaj cal - 

 licerus Erichs. Kaf. Mk. Br. I, 319; den. Spec. Staph. 84). 



Black, finely gray-haired; forebody dull, abdomen glistening; elytra 



balckish-brown or reddish-brov^n, legs brownish yellow, most often v.ith 



darker femora. 



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The head is nearly as broad a? pronotum, sllghtjy flatenod at middle, finely 



grooved In middle-line, impunctate, l)ut the surface as well as that of jro- 



notum finely and densely shagreened, and therefor'^ dull. .The peculiarities 



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