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 margin as a rule vith a small smooth sranule, tho sixth is broadly trun- 

 cated and in the margin with four obtuse teeth (Fig. 72), of which the 

 corner teeth are largest ( H. depressa Thorns.) J occasionally the middle 

 teeth are entirely obsolete, so that the joint has only rwo teeth (H. 

 brunnea Thoms.) In the o posterior margin of the same joint is feebly 

 incurved. 



Distributed in Middle and North Europe. Not rare in Eenmark in wood- 

 land regions in the eastern and southern part of the country under leaves 

 and moss; it is most easily obtained by net, sometimes numerous on wood- 

 land plaines and meadows. Fare in northern Jutland. 

 91. K. nelanocephala Ileer. 



(Heer Faun. Helv. I, 331i Ganglb. Kaf. II, 205. - nigrifrons Erichs. 

 Jen. Spec. Staph. ICO; Kraatz Ins. D. II, 267; Muls. et '"ey Bre'vip. 1873, 

 674. - ni^riventris Ihoms. Ofv. Vet. Ac. Forh. 185f, 99; Skand. Col. II, 

 46; Janglb. Kaf. M. II, 205. - sordlda Kraatz Ins. D. II, 268). 



Very closely allied to and much like brunnea , of same depressed or 

 rather flat form and about of same size, but .i.ost often with entirely 

 black or darkly colored abdomen, v*ith narrower head and pronotum, denser 

 punctation, more densely haired, almost dull elytra, however especially 

 deviating in, that the prominent sex-characters of the two next-last ter- 

 gitei of the O are wanting. 



Fitch-black or pitch-brownish, finely yell owThalred. and dully glist- 

 eniaj ; pronotum often yellowish-red; elytra yellovvish-brown, often with 

 dark reflection; tip of abdomen and posterior m..rglns of its foremost 

 Joints brownish-red; antennal base, mouth-parts and legs reddish-yellow. 



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