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 the posterior dorsal surface of elytra, that elytra are considerably 

 shorter and narrower, scarcely longer and only a little broader than 

 pronotum, about as broad as the head, and hardly longer than their 

 breadth together, and that they are more robustly punctated. It is or- 

 dinarily a little smaller. L. 3 mm. 



Distributed in Middle Kurope; very rare in this country; taken 

 mostly on damp ground (B^llemosen at Copenhagen, Hiller^d, S^borg; Hun- 

 derup, Fyen) ; said also to-be found with ants (Janglb.). It is found 

 in Finland, but not in Sweden or Norway (Jrill). 



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