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 mostly on high sandy or gravelly ground (Copenhagen, Hiller^d, Horn- 

 baek, Tisvilde, Haraldsted; Panders, Vojens and other places), often 



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in humblebee's or mole's nests, is also found in Skaane (Thorns.), but 



seemingly not found any farther north. - The larvae are found in a mole's 



nest and reared by E. Posenberg. 



2. M. brunneus Br. 



(Erichs. Kaf. Mk. Br. I, 513; Jen Spec. Staph. 612; Kraatz Ins. D. 

 II, 713; Thorns. Skand. Col. IX, 185; Muls et Rey Brevip. 1878, 129; 

 Janglb. Kaf. M. II, 520). 



Identified mainly by proportionately large, broad head, and by the 

 robust and dense punctation of the thorax. 



Reddish-brown, finely haired; head and abdomen rather dull, pro- 

 notum and elytra somewhat glistening; head most often pitch-black, ab- 

 domen pitch-brown or pitch-black with reddish-brown tip; antennae, mouth- 

 parts and legs reddish-yellow. 



The head is broader and larger than pronotum, with dense or very den- 

 se, coarse umbilicate punctation; antennae rather short, their next- 

 last joints feebly transverse; pronotum hardly narrower than elytra, 

 a little broader than long, feebly narrowing posteriorly, as coarsely, 

 but not quite so densely punctated as the head, at middle-line almost 

 smooth; elytra somewhat longer than pronotum, with rather dense and 

 robust punctation; abdomen very finely and very densely punctated. L. 

 4-5 mm. 



In the o the abdominal fifth ventral joint with shallow, the sixth 



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