(Pa^e 193) 



Head and pronotum indistinctly punctated, but the surface extremely 

 finely shagreened and therefore of moderate shine; the head is lar;je in 

 proportion to pronotum, as broad as this, short oval, slightly convex, 

 sometimes with a very feeble groove in middle-line; the eyes small, not 

 protruding, and the temples twice as long as these; antennae short, very 

 robust, strongly thickened distally, their third joint peculiarly small, 

 much shorter and finer than the second, obconic, the fourth transverse, 

 the middle and next-last (5-10) increasingly, very strongly transverse, 

 about 3 times as broad as lon=;, distal joint short, rather thick, tip 

 obtuse. Pronotum a little narrower than elytra, a little broader than 

 long, feebly narrowing posteriorly, with anteriorly very feebly round- 



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 ed sides, slightly convex, without impressions; the elytra a little lon- 

 ger than pronotum, with rather dense, extremely fine punctation. The 

 foremost free dorsal joints of abdomen rather densely, extremely finely 

 punctated, the following with simple and indistinct punctation; the fifth 

 free dorsal joint i longer than the fourth. L. 1.5-2 mm. 



In the B' the next-last ventral joint slightly elongate and rounded off 

 at tip. 



Distributed in Europe, and not rare on damp ground; in this country 



often numerous in the sprirXa-, in alluvium from meadows and marshes. 



98. H. indocilis Heer. 



(Heer Faun. Helv. I, 333; Uuls. et Pay brevip. 1875, 90; Ganglb. Kaf. 

 r.'. II, 213. - pallens Fedtb. Faun. Austr. I, 662; Kraatz Ins. D. II, Z£l ; 

 Sharp Rev. Brit. Horn. 181). 



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