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 third Joint most often a little longer than the second, the fourth a little 

 longer than broad, the fifth as long as broad, the following five (e-lO) 

 about of equal length, increasingly slightly thickened, so that the next- 

 last ones become feebly transverse; the distal joint is oblong, in the o 

 as long as, in the ^ a little shorter than the preceding three joints to- 

 gether, long tapering. Pronotum distinctly narrower than elytra, scarcely 

 Ik times as broad as long with anteriorly slightly rounded, posteriorly 

 more straight, scarcely contracted sides, with very fine, and rather dense 

 granulate punctation, with a feeble or indistinct impression before the 

 scutellum; elytra //j' longer than pronotum, rather densely and finely gran- 

 ulated-punctated; the first three free dorsal joints of abdomen sparsely 

 but distinctly punctated, the following two almost smooth. L. 3,5-4 mm. 



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In the ^ the posterior margin of the sixth free dorsal joint of abdom- 

 en (Fig. 48) almost evenly truncated and distinctly serrated; the number 

 of teeth varies from eight to ten, the putermost on each side are larger 

 than the others and shaped like an obtuse tooth. The next-last ventral 

 joints in the c are somewhat elongate and the tip more rounded off than 

 in the n , 



Distributed everywhere in Middle and North Europe, and in the autumn 



especially in woodland regions of this country very frequent in fungi and 



under rotting plant-matter. 



4C. H. ajuatica Thorns. 



(Thorns. cJfv. Vet. Ac. Korh. IBSr', 1.3; Skand Col. Ill, 65; ianglb. Kaf. 

 M. II, 177.- subaenea Sharp Fev. Brit. Horn. 167. - f oliorum Muls. et Rey Bre- 

 vip. 1373, 556). 



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