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 third joint much shorter and narrower than the second, obconic, the fourth 

 transverse, the following from the fifth to the tenth increasingly strong- 

 ly transverse, so that the next-last become over twice as broad as long; 

 distal .joint short, shorter than the two preceding joints together. Pro- 

 notura only a little narrower than elytra, I2 times as broad as long, an- 

 teriorly and posteriorly of same breadth with smoothly rounded sides and 

 single bristles, feebly convex, very finely and densely punctated, as well 

 as head and elytra particularly finely shagreened and therefore somewhat 

 of dull shine, sometimes feebly grooved in medial line or with e faint 

 impression before scutellum ( o ); elytra only .j longer than pronotum, 



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 somewhat more distinctly punctated than this; first three free dorsal 

 joints of abdomen with very fine and isolated punotation, the following 

 almost smooth. L. 1.8-2 mm. 



In the ^ the sixth free dorsal joint of abdomen truncated at tip and 

 broadly arcuato-emarginate (Fig. 61); the next-last ventral joint a little 

 elongate and roundly tapering. 



Distributed everyv-here and common; especially numerous in compost, in 

 debris at old hay stacks and like places, less frequent at fungi and out- 

 flowing tree-sap. 



67. H. mortuorum Thoms. 



(Thoms. Skand. Col. IX, 281; Sharp Pav. Brit. Horn. 229; Janglb. Kaf. 

 M. II, 195. - ? atricolor Sharp s. St. 230). 



Very closely allied to amiciila , but most often smaller, the legs dark- 

 er of color and the antennae shorter. 



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