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In the o' (,Fig. 56b) the sixth free dorsal joint of abdomen at tip 

 transversally truncated and its corners short dentiform, posterior margin 

 between tnese very finely angularly emarginate and on each side of the 

 emargination indistinctly notched. 



In later years it has been found in several places in North Zealand 

 (Jentofte, Rudehegn, Folehave, Hiller>c<d) almost exclusively in larger bird's 

 nests in trees, from May to November (Suenson, Schaltz, author); a single 

 specimen in compost. (Author). 



Specimens of these findings were sent to !:'. Bernhauer, Stockerau, and 

 also to Beitter, Paskau, and returned, determined as H. testaceipes "eer; 

 but as trie antennal structure as well as the sex-characters of the 3^ are 

 not agreeing with Ileer's description of this species (cf. Fig. 58) these 

 determinations must be incorrect. Contrariwise it seems to be more closely 

 allied to; 



55b. H. coroaria Kr. (Nat. Ins. D. II, 262; Sharp P.ev. Er. Horn. 204; 



Janglb. Kaf. V.. II, 186); but in this species the elytra are often yel- 



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lov. ish-brown at base; pronotum narrovjing more anteriorly than posteriorly, 



and in the ^ at middle broadly and deeply impressed; posterior .margin of 



sixth free dorsal joint of abdomen in the a formed about as in the above 



species, but hind corners (presumably) more thorn-shaped, and the incision 



at middle sharper. 



Distributed in Middle Europe, America and Australia, hut hereto- 



fore not found in this country. 



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