(?a-e 2C4) 



Black, somewhat :5listenini, finely haired; the elytra sometimes brown- 

 ish; antennae pitch-black or pitch-brown, their base, mouth-parts, and 

 legs brownish yellow. (Page 2C5) 



The head is much narrower than pronotum, rounded, faintly roundly 

 widened posteriorly behind the rather large, scarcely protruding eyes, 

 with isolated and very fine punctation and with one, as a rule distinct, 

 sometimes abbreviated medial groove; antennae slender, their third joint 

 ■48 long as the second, the fourth, fifth and sixth longer than broad, the 

 next-last feebly or not transverse, distal joint oval, tapering. Pro- 

 notum 1^ times as broad as long, posteriorly somewhat narrower than el- 

 ytra, feebly narrowing anteriorly, with slightly rounded sides, convex, 

 very finely, densely punctated, posteriorly before the scutellum with a 

 small transverse fovea and one from there issuing, more or less distinct 

 longitudinal groove in middle-line; the elytra about //j longer than pro- 

 notum, less finely, but fully as densely punctated as this; abdomen some- 

 what tapering posteriorly, its first three free dorsal joints densely and 

 very finely punctated, the two following with increasingly scattered and 

 less distinct punctation. L. 2.5-Z mm. 



In the ^ the grooves of head and pronotum are more distinct than in 

 the Q ; the next-last ventral joint of abdomen is somewhat elongate and 

 rounded off at tip. 



It is known from Middle Europe, England and Sweden; in Denmark it is 

 found on damp, marshy jround at Hillerrfd, especially in the autumn under 

 leaves and withered plants, now and then numerously (Author), also sing- 

 ly in alluvium at Furestf at al. in north Zealand. 



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