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 the elytra are often, sometimes also pronotum and abdominal tip brownish; 

 antennae and mouth-parts reddish-brown or brownish-yellowi legs brownish 

 yellow. 



The head is a little narrower than pronotum, broadest posteriorly and 

 feebly narrowing anteriorly, with small, scarcely protruding eyes and 

 rather long temples, slightly convex, with isolated and very fine, often 

 indistinct punctation; antennae as long as head and pronotum together, 

 feebly thickened distally, their third joint shorter than the second, the 

 middle ones feebly, the three next-last more strongly transverse and about 

 twice as broad as long, distal joint short and rather thick. Pronotum 

 almost broader than elytra, a little broader than long, with smoothly 

 rounded sides, flatly convex, with isolated and very fine punctation; 



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 elytra //^shorter than pronotum, densely and rather robustly punctated. 

 The first three free dorsal joints of abdomen with scattered and fine 

 punctation, the following almost smooth. L. l.£ mm. 



In the o the next-last sternite is considerably elongate and broadly 

 rounded off at tip. 



Distributed on high sandy ground, where it most often is found at 

 the root of plants: artemisia bushes, tufts of grass and the like, or 

 blown down into sand holes, but rare or very rare (Aalborg, Tisvilde, 

 M;tfen, t'alster et al.). Said also to be found with ants! Formica rufa, 

 Lasius niger and full;;inosus (Ganglb.). Middle and North Surope. 



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