(Pa33 125) 



Horn, muscorum Brl s. . which (teste Sharp) only differs from parva Sahib. 



mainly by a little longer antennae, longer pronotum without groove, and by, 



that the bristles on tibiae are indistinct, is most often considered as 



a variety of this species. It is common in England, distributed in Middle 



Europe and most probably also occurring in this country. 



(Page 126) 



6. Subgenus Solenia f-iuls. et Pey. 



12. 'I. subsinuata Er. 



(Erichs. CJen.. Spec. Staph. 126; Kraatz Ins. D. II, 316; Sharp Bev. Brit. 

 Horn. 262; Muls. et Rey Brevip. 1873, 264; Janglb. Kaf. M. II, 155.- fimetaria 

 Thorns. Skand. Col. Ill, 37). 



Amomg closely allied species especially identifiable by a peculiarly 

 small head, grooved pronotum and feebly tapering abdomen. 



Black, moderate gloss, finely haired; elytra and sometimes also the tip 

 of abdomen pitch-brownish; antennae black or pitch-brown; legs brownish yel- 

 low. 



Head round, peculiarly small, finely and rather densely punctated; an- 

 tennae feebly thickened toward tip, their second end third Joints of same 

 length, the fourth smal] , as long as broad, tiie middle and next-last ones 

 feebly increasing, slightly transverse, distal Joint as long as the two 

 preceding joints together. Pronotum is posteriorly about as troad us el- 

 ytra, 1? times as oroad as lonj, anteriorly narrowing with slightly round- 

 ed sides without longer bristles, dorsum finely and densely punctated, with 

 a small transverse fovea posteriorly before scutellum, and beginning from 

 there sometimes a feeble longitudinal groove at raladle-line. Zlytra are 4 



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