(Pa^e 13C) 

 short, slightly thickened distally, their second Joint comparatively 

 thick, th3 third much shorter and finer than the second, strongly con- 

 stricted at base, the fourth ns broad as long, small, the middle ones 

 feebly, the next-last ones rather strongly transverse, distal joint short, 

 ovally tapering. Pronotum is posteriorly about as broad as, or a little 

 narrower than elytra, twice as broad as lcn;j, roundly narrowing anterior- 

 ly, without side-bristles, convex, very densely and rather finely, but 

 sharply punctated; elytra '/? longer than pronotum, with especially dense, 

 ratheri fine scabrous punctation, their posterior margin inside the outer 

 corners scarcely incurved; abdomen rather broad, distinctly tapering, its 

 first three dorsal joints finely, but sharply and densely punctated, the 

 two following with increasingly scattered punctation. The sides v;ith a few, 

 the middle and hind tibiae without any outstanding bristles. L. 1.5 mm. 



It is known from Meddle iiurope and England, but everywhere extremely 

 rare. In this country so far only a few specimens have been found, such 

 as , one single specimen under carrion on damp forest ground in SksTrping 

 Holme, south of Aalborg, an other couple under moist leaf mould on marshy 

 ground at Hiller^d. (5. 1895; 'i . 1906, Author). 



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 19. H. canescens Sharp. 



(Sharp. Rev. Erit. Horn. 239; Thorns. Opusc. Ent. 1870, 132; langlb. ?:af. 

 M. II, 162). 



A very small species, closely allied to sordidula , but of more uniform 



breadth and less finely punctated; the antennae shorter, and namely their 



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