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the hind tibiae with a more indistinct bristle-hair at middle. L. l.E mm. 



-rr 

 In the o the posterior margin of the sixth free dorsal joint of ab- 

 domen with four small, often indistinct spines (see Fig. 42). 



Distributed, but rather rare; at manure, carrion and rotting plant- 

 matter. 



22. H. =;ermana Sharp. 



(Sharp Rev. Brit. Hom. 235; ^ianglb. Kaf. U. II, 161).- arenicola 

 Thorns. Skand. Col. X, 321). 



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Very closely allied to celata Z r. , as vtell as to zosterae Thorns.; 

 it is occasionally treated as a variety of the former species. 



'"ith celata it has this in common that the forebody is densely and 

 sharply punctated, and due to this v.ith feeble or dull j^loss; they are 

 separated by, that the head and elytra in ^ermena are a little longer, 

 and that the impressions on head and pronotura are more distinct and deep- 

 er. From zosterae it is easier to separate .^ermana , by the more robust 

 and dense punctation of head and pronotum, their mora feeble glose and 

 also by the more distinct longitudinal middle-groove; and furthermore the 

 pronotum is broader, fully lilt times as broad as long. L. 1.5 mm. 



The sex-characters of the o^are scarcely different from those of 

 zosterae and celata , and are somewhat indistinct (see Fig. 42). 



It is distributed in England, rare in Sweden and Germany, in Cenmark 

 heretofore only found at Aalborj, under seaweed at the fjord, ».nd in fungi 

 (Author). 



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