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 longer than pronotum, flat, finely and densely punctated; abdomen finely 

 punctated to the tip, but the, foremost free dorsal joints a little more 

 densely and sharply punctated than the last; the fifth joint is distinct- 

 ly longer than the fourth. L. 2.5-3 mm. 



In the 5" the next-last ventral joint of abdomen somewhat elongate and 

 rounded off at tip, in the a distinctly and broadly incurved. 



Distributed at salty water in Middle and North Europe; in this coun- 

 try rare or very rare, at the strand under seaweeds. (Aalborg, Ksbjerg; 

 Dyrborg, hyp and Asnaes; Kungsted et al.). 



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 110. H. gemina Sr. 



(Erichs. Kaf. Mk. Br. I, 330; tJen. Spec. Staph. 112; Kraatz Ins. D. 

 II, 255; Thorns. Skand. Col. IX, 275; Sharp Rev. Brit. Horn. 172; V.uls. 

 et Rey Brevip. 1875, 179; Ganglb. Kaf. M. II, 224). 



In appearance not unlike H. analis , but as a rule larger than even 

 the largest forms of this, with comparatively smaller, more rounded head, 

 larger eyes, longer antennae, and less densely punctated abdomen, also 

 differently formed sex-characters of the O^ . 



Black or pitch-black, somewhat glistening, finely gray-haired; el- 

 ytra often, more rarely also the pronotum, brown; abdominal tip brownish- 

 yellow, antennae lighter or darker rust colored, their base, mouth-parts 

 and le^s reddish yellow. 



The head, pronotum and elytra particularly finely shagreened in sur- 

 face, and therefore of somewhat moderate shine; the head proportionately 

 small, much narrower than pronotum, rounded, with rather large, scarcely 



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