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 -tinctly haired; the first three free dorsal joints of abdomen with rath- 

 er fine, scattered punctation, the two following almost smooth. L. 3.5- 

 4 mm. 



In the o the posterior margin of the sixth free dorsal joint evenly 

 truncated and distinctly serrated. The number of teeth are 7-8 and the 

 outermost at each side largest. 



Distributed in North and Middle Europe on damp or semi-damp ground 

 under leaves, fagot and rotting plant-matter; very rare in this country 

 (at Lyngby Lake and f rederiksborg Castle-lake; in a garden at Ililler0d. 

 (Author 4/1905, 11/ 1907, 3/1909)). 



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 41. H. euryptera Steph. 



(Steph. 111. Brit. V. 135; Janglb. Kaf. M. II, 178. - succicola Thorns. 

 Skand. Col. Ill, 73; Sharp Rev. Brit. Hom. , 193. - valldicornls t/ark. ierm. 

 Zeitschr. V, 212; Kraatz Ins. D. II, 271; Muls. et Rey Br^vip. 1873, 539). 



From castanoptera , to which it in form and size etc. is closely allied, 

 it is especially separated oy the as a rule entirely black, shorter and 

 more robust antennae, of which the fourth joint in proportion to the fifth 

 is peculiarly small. 



ilistenin^ black, finely haired; elytra yellowish-brown, darkly shaded 

 around scutellum and on the outer hind corners; antennae entirely black 

 or pitch-black; legs Drov.nish yellow. 



The head is rather short and broad, narrower than pronotum, indistinct- 

 ly punctated; antennae bristle-haired, rather robust, tiieir second and 

 third joints of same length, the fourth small, as long as broud or feebly 



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