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tfrholms Common under stones (L/jvendal) , at Vejl^ Bugt and at Odense 



(N. P. Jjzfrgensen). 



81. Genus Med on Staph. 



(Steph. 111. Brit. V, 273; Thorns. Skand. Col. II, 205; Muls. et Rey 

 Brevip. 1878, IIS; Canglb. Kaf. M. II, 518. - Lithocharis Erichs. Kaf . 

 Mk. Br. I, 511; Gen. Spec. Staph. 610; Kraatz Ins. D. II, 710). 



The body is narrow and rather uniformly broad; head most often as 

 broad as pronotum and rounded-square, posteriorly with strong neck-form- 

 ing constriction ; the neck i-l/3 as broad as the head; eyes small and 

 very little protruding, temples long; antennae filiform; labrum broad, 

 its fore-margin with two small, yet distinct teeth at middle, and be- 

 tween these slightly emarginate; by this, among other festures, the genus 

 is easily separated from Lathrobium . 



Pronotum is almost square with rather straightly truncated foremar- 

 gin, and parallel sides or feebly narrowing posteriorly; elytra posteri- 

 orly evenly truncated; abdomen tapering posteriorly; legs more or less 

 slender, front-femora feebly or scarcely thickened, fore-tarsi either 

 simple or not strongly dilated; hind-tarsal first Joint somewhat elon- 

 gate and longer than the second. 



Of the in Middle Europe^ distributed species (about 20) 8 are hereto- 

 fore found in Denmark. They live in rotting compost, under leaves, in 

 alluvium, under stones etc. A few Medon larvae (et al of bicolor) are 

 described by Muls. et Rey (Ann. Soc. Linn. 1886, 155, T. XXXIII). 



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 Key to Subgenera and Species. 



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