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 protrudinj eyes, isolated and particularly fine or indistinct punctation 

 and in the £ with a suggestion of a short groove, in the 3^ as a rule with 

 a distinct and longer groove in meiial line; the antennae rather long, 

 slender, very feebly thickened toward the tip, their third joint about 

 as long as the second, the fourth longer than broad, the middle ones very 

 feebly, the next-last somewhat more distinctly transverse, distal joint 

 long-oval. Fronotum very little narrower than elytra, about 1^ times as 

 broad as long, feebly narrowing anteriorly, with slightly rounded sides, 

 feebly convex, very densely and finely punctated, withia feeble, some- 

 times geminate-punctured transverse impression posteriorly before the 

 scutellum; elytra about //^ longer than pronotum, somewhat more distinct- 

 ly and densely punctated than this; first three free dorsal joints of 

 abdomen finely and not densely punctated, the following with very scat- 

 tered punctation, the fifth a little longer than the fourth. L. ?.-2.5 mm. 



In the ff the next-last sternite somewhat elongate and roundly narrow- 

 ing. 



On damp meadow and forest ground, at lake shores and water-courses 



under the plant cover and in alluvium; distributed in all parts of our 



country, but rare and rather local. North and Middle ?]urope. 



111. H. Aubel Bris. 



(Bris. Ann. Soc. Snt. Fr. 1860, 339; Sharp Pev. Brit. Horn. 171; :;anglb. 

 Kaf. M. II, 224. - breviceps Thorns. Skand. Col. IX, 273). 



Closely allied to, and In appearance not unlike a large H. gemina , 

 but as a rule considerably larger than this, v*lth broader head, Qietinct- 

 ly grooved head and pronotum, and with somewhat tapering, more densly punc- 

 tated abdomen. 



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