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 in the middle-line: 1. Subg. Scopaeus s. str. - Head broader 

 than long. Color of body brown. L. 3.5-4 mm: 1. laevi^atus Jyllh. 

 Head posteriorly feebly broadened. Pronotum most often with a very 

 fine groove in the middle-line: 2. Subg. Polyodontus Sol 2. 



2. Middle tibiae distinctly and rather strongly broadened (Fig. 135 a). 



Abdominal sixth ventral joint in the cr wixh a deep incision at 

 tip, and with two deep impressions above the incision (Fig. 138). 



L. 3 mm 2. S. co^natus Muls. 



Middle tibiae not, or only feebly broadened 3. 



3. Head as broad as long; eyes small, yet not period-like. Abdominal 



sixth ventral joint in the o with a rather deep triangular in- 

 cision, without impression. L. 3-3.5 mm. ..3. S. sulcicollis Stepb. 

 Head a little longer than broad; eyes very small, almost period- 

 like. Abdominal sixth ventral joint in the cf triangularly incised 

 at tip, and with a flat impression before the incision. L. 2.5 

 mm 4. S. minimus Er. 



1. Subg. Scopaeus s. str. 



1. S. laevigatus Syllh. 



(Syllh. Ins. Suec. IV, 483; Erichs. Kaf. Mk. Br. I, 510; Jen. Spec. 

 Staph. 605; Kraatz Ins. D. II, 703; Thorns. Skand. Col. II, 208; Muls et 

 Key Brevip. 1878, 182; ianglb. Kaf. U. II, 528). 



A little less slender and uniformly broad than the following species, 

 recognized especially by the form of the head, and the grooveless pro- 

 notum, also by the sex-characters of the O . 



Pitch-black or pitch-brown, occasionally reddish-brownish, somewhat 



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