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 red, or reddish-brown with lighter base; legs reddish yellov.. 



The body fusiform; head, pronotum and elytra finely shagreened in tur- 

 f£Ct and therefore with dull shine.; the head rather broad, however narrov.- 

 er than pronotum, very finely or indistinctly punctated; antennae rather 

 long and robust, but scarcely thickened distally, their third joint longer 

 than toe second, the fourth longer than broad, the middle and next-last 

 ones about as broad as long, aistil joint as long as the two preceding joints 

 together, longish tapering. Pronotum somewhat narrower than elytra, l^/S 

 times as broad as long, its sides feebly rounded or posteriorly almost 

 straight, with a few outstanding bristle-hairs, dorsum slightly convex, 

 densely and very finely granulose punctation, most often with a feeble, 

 narrow longitudinal impression in middle-line posteriorly; elytra j long- 

 er than pronotum, very finely and densely punctated; abdomen distinctly 

 tapering, its first three dorsal joints very finely and rather densely punc- 

 tated, the fourth less densely, the fifth with scattered punctation, the 

 sides anteriorly sparsely and finely, toward abdominal tip more robustly 

 bristle-haired. The middle-tibiae at middle with a short, but distinct 

 outstanding bristle, the hind tibiae with none. L. 3-4 mm. 



In the "^Tthe sixth ventral joint of abdomen somewhat longer and nar- 

 rower than in the O . 



At manure, rotten fungi and under moist leaves; distibuted in Europe, 



but very rare in this country. (Aalborg, Hiller/d, Frederiksvaerk et al.). 



36. n. marcida grichs. 



(Erichs. Kaf. Mk. Br. I, 328; .Jen. Spec. Staph. ICC; Kraatz Ins. t. II, 

 298; Sharp Rev. Brit. Hom. 24C ; l.'.uls. et Rey Bre'vip. 1873, 404; Jan;lb. Kaf. 

 M. II, 165). 



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