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 the surface feebly shagreened, most often with a feeble transverse fovea 

 posteriorly before scutellum, and sometimes with a feeble, flat impres- 

 sion at middle; elytra '/i# longer than pronotum, finely and rather densely 

 punctated; abdomen strongly glistening, its first three free dorsal Joints 

 vvith fine and very scattered, the two following very fine and simple punc- 

 tation, about of same length. L. 3.5-4 mm. 



In the 5^ the first free dorsal joint of abdomen with a small sharp 

 granule at middle (Fig. 81), which occasionally also is found in the^; 

 the sixth is strongly granulate-punctate, the surface densely shagreened 

 dully glistening, its posterior margin obtuse-angularly truncated, with 

 a small, sometimes indistinct fold at each corner. In the o the next- 

 last ventral joint feebly rounded or slightly incurved. 



Distributed throughout the greater part of Europe; in Lenmark it is 



rather rare and local, on damp ground, also on the strand under seaweed. 



122 a. H. microptera Thorns. 



(Thorns. Sk^-nd. :;ol. IX, 256; Sanglb. Kaf. M. II, 172.- Letzneri E pp. 

 Stett. 2nt. Ztg. 1880, 285). 



Ir appearance most like ^ranii;era , in tne form of sex-characters of 

 the 3^ agreeing more with vicina , from both of these and the rest of our 

 Liogluta species mainly separated by proportionately short elytra, only 

 as long as pronotum. 



Black, glistening, very finely haired; pronotum often brownish-black; 

 elytra orown or yellowish-brown; antennae black or brownish, often with 

 reddish oase^ legs yellow. 



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