(Pa-e 137) 

 -tation, the two following with scetttered punctation; sides and tip with 

 robust bristles. Middle and hind tibiae each v. ith two outstanding bristle?, 

 of which the nethermost is longest and most robust. L. 2.5 mm. 



In the a the middle of the sixth free dorsal joint is somewhat elon- 

 jate and at tip transversally truncated, contrariwise its sides run out 

 into a fine, acute tooth or thorn of same length as the middle part, and 

 separated from this by a deep, sharp incision. In the o the same joint is 

 at middle feebly incurved ana with a small, short tooth at each side. 

 (Fig. 44 and 44a). 



At manure, plant waste and like matter, also under leaves on damp 



ground and at outflowing trea-sap; distributed but rather rare. North and 



Middle Europe. 



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29. H. laevana Muls. 



(Muls. et Pey OpuscEnt. I, 185,2, 3S; Erevip. 1873, 423; Kraatz Ins. 

 D. II, 306; Sharp Pov. Brit. Horn. 246; Thorns. Opusc. F.nt. II, 187C, 134; 

 3anglb. Kaf. M. II, 164). 



Compared with atramentaria, to which l aevana in form and size js close- 

 ly allied, it is especially identified by more robust antennae, lighter 

 color of elytra and lege, and by denser more robust punctation of prono- 

 tum. 



Feebly fusiform or of rather uniform oreadth; black, glistening, finei- 

 ly haired; head and pronotum sometimes with feeble bronze reflection; el- 

 ytra brown or yellowish-brown *ith a black, occa8ion<illy feebl-j bronze- 

 like reflection on tase and at sides; antennae pitch-black, their base some- 

 times brownish; legt brownish yellow. 



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