(P8se 141) 

 middls ones a little longer than broad, the next-last ones scarcely trans- 

 verse, distal Joint about as 1 on^ as the two preceding joints together, 

 tapering. Pronotum nearly as broad as elytra, li times as broad as long, 

 the sides slightly and rather smoothly rounded and with a few outstanding 

 bristles ; dorsum rather convex, with fine and dense granulose punctation 

 and with a feeble transverse fovea posteriorly before scntellura, some- 

 times slightly grooved at middle-line; elytra 1 ■^./j' times as long as prono- 



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 turn, with fine and dense, feebly scabrous punctation; abdomen rather strong- 

 ly tapering, punctation same as in plcipennis. Middle and hind tibiae each 

 with two outstanding bristles, of which the nethermost is longest. I. 2.5 

 -3 ram. 



In the 5^ the sixth free dorsal joint of abdomen is about of same form 

 as in the preceding species. (Thorns., Sharp.). 



It is found in Skaane and England at outflowing tree-sap, manure, car- 

 rion and fungi, and could possibly also be found in this country. 



35. H. intermedia Thorns. 



(Thorns. Ofv. Vet. Ac. Forh. 1852, 145; Skand. Col. Ill, 95; Kraatz Ins. 

 D. II, 301; Sharp Rev. Erit. Hom. 242; Muls. et Rey Bre'vip. 1873, 416; 

 Sanglb. Kaf. M. II, 167). 



Identifiable especially by the color of elytra and fine punctation of 

 the body. 



Black, finely haired; forebody feebly glistening or dull, abdomen 

 glistening; pronotum sometimes brov-nish; elytra yellow, often darkly shaded 

 around scut-dllum and on the sides; antennae pitch-black, at base brownish- 



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