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 as the temples j the neck narrow; antennae slender; pronotum hardly lon- 

 ger than broad, with parallel sides and narrow, somewhat indistinct, 

 smooth middle-line; elytra l',j times as long as pronotum, their color 

 most often less reddish than pronotum; abdomen posteriorly tapering; 

 fore-tarsi in both sexes feebly dilated. L. 4-4.5 mm. 



In the cf the abdominal fifth ventral joint with shallow emarginati- 

 on and the margin finely haired; the sixth is by a deep, ovally rounded 

 incision divided into two narrow, sharply tapering side-pieces (Fig. 134), 



Fig. 134. Abdominal last three ventral joints in Lithocharis 

 ochracea Sravh . £> . 



Somewhat local, but not rare in this country, especially in larger 



gardens and parks in compost and at hothouse benches, sometimes in great 



numbers; more rarely in alluvium and under stones at 6hores of lakes, 



and on beaches. - Ihe larvae, which are discribed and illustrated by 



liulsant et Rey (Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon 1877, 176, Tab. VI, Fig. 29), to 



be found in manure (Janglb.), but may likely also be found where the 



beetle occur most frequently. 



( Scopaeina Muls. et F.ey, Seidlitz). 



83. CJenus Scopaeus Er. 



(Erichs. Jen. Spec. Staph. 604; Kraatz Ins. D. II, 7C1; Thorns. Skand. 

 Col. II, 207; Muls. et Rey Bre'vip. 1878, 179; Janglb. Kaf. H. II, 526). 



The body is longish-narrow and fine; head proportionately large, 

 often fully as broad as pronotum, with straight, parallel sides, or feeb- 

 ly broadened posteriorly, and with a very narrow, short neck; eyes small 

 or very small, temples long (Fig. 137); antennae rather short, straight, 



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