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The head is considerably narrower than pronotum, rounded and feebly 

 narrowing anteriorly, especially finely or indistinctly pjinctated, at 

 middle as a rule with short groove; antennae a little longer than head smd 

 pronotum together, from the fourth joint feebly thickened distally and 

 each following Joint a little broader than the preceding, their first 

 three joints rather elongate, the third shorter than the second, the fourth, 

 fifth and sixth about as long as broad, the following and next-last (7- 

 10) distinctly transverse, amply It times as broad as long, distal joint 

 short, hardly twice as long as the tenth. Pronotum is a little narrower 

 than elytra, //^ uroader than long, scarcely narrowing posteriorly, with 



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 feebly rounded sides with a few fine outstanding bristle-hairs, smoothly 

 convex, very finely and densely punctated, its surface together with that 

 of head and elytra extremely finely shagreened, with a small, often in- 

 distinct transverse impression posteriorly before the scutellum. Elytra 

 about 4 longer than pronotum, very finely and densely punctated. The first 

 three free dorsal joints of abdomen rather densely and finely punctated, 

 the fourth with more scattered, the fifth with simple punctation and dis- 

 tinctly longer than the fourth. Uiddle-tiblae at middle with an outstan- 

 ding bristle. L. 3-3.5 mm. 



In the ^ the head is more distinctly grooved than in the ^ ; the next- 

 last ventral joint of abdomen is somewhat elongate, smoothly tapering and 

 the tip rounded. 



It is known from Scotland, Cajntral Europe and Finland; in Denmark here- 



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