(Page 167) 

 with smoothly rounded, single bristle-haired sides, slightly convex, with 

 dense and rather fine, granulate-punctation, sometimes feebly grooved in 

 middle-line posteriorly; elytra amply //:? longer than pronotum v;ith very 

 dense scabrous punctation. The first three free dorsal joints of abdomen 

 with fine and isolated, the fourth with scattered punctation, the fifth 

 almost smooth. The middle tibiae at middle with a distinct bristle. L. 1. 

 5-8 mm. 



Differences between (5^ and j^ are not distinctly developed. 



Distributed in Central Europe; very rare in EenraarS:. I have found it 



in fungi in Sk0rping forest south of Aalborg, in bird excrement in Lindum 



forest south of Hobro, also at mouldy plants and excrements around Hiller^d; 



at present I am not acquainted with other findings. 



66, H. amicula Steph. 



(3teph. 111. Brit. V, 132; ^fanglb. Kaf. M. II, 194.- sericea Muls. et 

 Rey Opuso. Ent. I, 1852, 41; Bre'vip 1873. 347; Kraatz Ins. D. II, 2SE ; Thome. 

 Skand. Col. Ill, 8&; Sharp Rev. Brit. Horn. 225). 



A small, rather evenly broad and feebly convex species with short robust 

 antennae, further identifiable by the feeble punctation of abdomen and 

 the light yellow color of the legs. 



Black, finely, yet distinctly haired, somewhat modulated shine; elytra 

 brovinish; antennae pitch-brown, their base and the mouth-parts lighter; 

 lags light brownish-yellow. 



The head very little narrower than pronotum, extremely finely or in- 

 distinctly punctated, in the O feebly tjrooved ut middle; ey^ s rather large 

 and slightly protruding; antennae short, robust, thickened distally, their 



-282- 



