(Page 199) 

 In the (?* the sixth free tepgite at tip broadly truncated; the next- 

 last sternite elongate and feebly narrowing. 



It is known from Scotland and Finland. In this country it is found in 

 Sk^rplng forest south of Aalborg at the root of §rass-tufts and in the 

 mould at a water hole (4. 1891, auth.), and under similar conditions 

 numerously in the forest at Hillerirfd (10. C9, author). 



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 A closely allied species, H. tibialis Heer, which is distributed in 

 the mountainous regions of Central Europe and Scotland, belongs to this 

 subgenus, and has (cf. 'Janglb. Kaf. M. II, 219) some likeness to curti - 

 pennis Sharp. It is however somewhat larger, L. 2.5-3 mm.; the body is 

 deeply black, antennae and legs brownish, head and pronotum of the o 

 without distinct Impressions, slightly convex as in the o . Its occur- 

 rence in this country is hardly probable. 



39. Subgenus Parameotica 5anglb. 

 106. H. complana Mannh. 



(Mannh. Brach. 79; Janglb. Kaf. W. II, 228. - def ormis Kraatz Ins. ^. 

 II, 244; Sharp Rev. Brit. Horn. 159). 



Bvenly broad and rather flat, not unlike debilis Er. , but consider- 

 ably smaller and most often lighter of color. 



Pitch-black or pitch-brown, finely haired and somewhat glistening; 

 pronotum and elytra yellowish-brown; tip of abdomen, often also posteri- 

 or margins of its foremost Joints reddish or brownish yellow; antennae, 

 mouth-parts and legs yellow. 



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