(Paje 122) 

 -ly, posteriorly less densely punctated, its sides and tip with lon^^ brist- 

 les. Middle-tibiae with one outstanding- bristle at middle. L. 3.5-4 Dun. 



In the ^ the abdominal next-last ventral Joint somewhat elongate and 

 rounded off at tip; in the O distinctly undate. 



Distributed and all over rather common under rotting plant matter, 

 sometimes numerous in compost. 



7. H. melanaria Mannh. 



(Mannh. Brach. 70; Kraatz Ins. E, II, 312; Janglb. Kaf. M. II, 154. - 

 testudinea Erichs. ien. Spec. Staph. 131; Thorns. Skand. Col. Ill, 35; Sharp 

 Pev. Brit. Horn. 255; Muls. et P.ey Brevip. 1873, 183.) 



Shorter, darker and more glistening tnan sordida , from which it is further- 

 more separated by finer and shorter antennae, of which the fourth Joint is 

 as long as broad. 



Black, glistening, finely haired; elytra brownish-yelloNi' or yellow-brown 

 with black sides and an extensive, triangular spot around scutellum; legs 

 brownish-yellow with darker femora. 



The head broad and short, rather densely and finely punctated; anten- 

 nae rather fine, scarcely thickened distally, their third Joint a little 

 longer than the second, the fourth as long as broad, the middle ones as 

 long as broad, and the next-last ones feebly transverse, distal joint as 

 long as the two preceding Joints together. Pronotum posteriorly as broad as 

 or broader than elytra, anteriorly foebly roundly narrowing, 1; times as 

 broad as long, convex, rather densely and sharply punctated, without out- 

 standing side-bristles; elytra a little longer than pronotum, densely and 

 strongly, somewhat scabrously punctated, their posterior margin inside the 

 outer corners flatly undate. Abdomen strongly tapering with many outstand- 



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