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 pitch-black or reddish-brown with brov.nish yellow base; legs yellow or 

 brownish yellow. 



Forebody very finely and densely punctated; Head broad; antennae rath- 

 er long, slightly thickened distally, their second and third Joint some- 

 what elongate, of equal length, the fourth distinctly longer than broad, 

 the middle ones about as broad as long, the next-last feebly transverse, 

 distal joint as long as the two preceding Joints together. Pronotum pos- 

 teriorly as broad as elytra, scarcely 1^ times as broad as long, somewhat 

 narrowing anteriorly, the sides feebly rounded, without distinct bristles, 

 dorsum slightly convex, without impressions. Elytra a little longer than 

 pronotum, their posterior margin inside the outer corners very flatly un- 

 date; abdomen longish tapering, finely and smoothly silky haired glisten- 

 ing, its fifth free dorsal joint much longer than the foUr.th; the fore- 

 most dorsal joints very finely and densely punctated, the hindmost with 

 more scattered punctatlon, at sides with long bristle-hairs. The middle 

 and hindmost tibiae with only one short fine bristle at middle; first Joint 

 of hind tarsi somewhat elongate, 1^ times as long as the second. L. 2.5-3 mm. 



Common everywhere on damp or semi-damp forest or meadow ground; often 



numerous in alluvium. 



IC. H. aterrima Jravh. 



(Jravh. Micr. 83; Erichs. ien. Spec. Staph. 133; Kraatz Ins. D. II, 

 313; Thorns. Skand. Col. Ill, 36; Sharp Fev. Drit. Horn. 256; Muls. et Ray 

 Br^vip. 1873, 196; ianglb. Kaf. M. II, 156). 



Very closely allied to p.v;;maea, about of same length as this, tut as 



a rule a little broader, darker of color, v.ith entirely black antennae or 



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