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 glistening, very finely haired j posterior margin of elytra most often 

 lighter; antennae, mouth-parts and legs reddish-yellow. 



The head is a little broader than pronotum, rounded-square, a little 

 broader than lon^-, posteriorly not broadened, with broadly rounded off 

 temple-corners, very finely and particularly densely punctated; anten- 

 nae short; pronotum oval, considerably narrower than elytra, punctated 

 same as the head, posteriorly with two shallow, longish cavities, sepa- 

 rated by a short carina, which anteriorly runs over in a fine, smooth 

 middle-line without groove; elytra 1/3 longer than pronotum, somewhat 

 less densely, but more distinctly punctated than same; abdomen posteri- 

 orly distinctly broadened, especially in the o\ all over with very 

 fine and dense punctation. L. 3.5-4 mm. 



In the O the abdominal sixth ventral joint (Fig. 137) with a deep 

 and rather broad, anteriorly rounded incision, with two sharp teeth on 

 each side, of which the hindmost are posteriorly directed and a little 

 outcurved, while the foremost are incurved. 



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Very rare, and in this country heretofore only taken a few times 

 singly: on the cliffs between Sandvig and Allinge (Schi^dte), Jyderup 

 with Formica rufa (Koch), Lysemose in Lolland (Schlick). Sundby Stor- 

 skov, Falster (Fabr. Tengna^el), Storeklint, Mtfen (Rosenberg). It is 

 found several places in Sweden, in southern Norway and in Finland; 

 in Middle Europe it is not rare (Janglb.). 



2. Subgenus Polyodontus Sol. 

 2. S. cognatus Muls. 



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