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 joints transversally grooved depressed at base; legs rather short; hind 

 tarsal first joint longer than each of the following, but shorter than 

 the claw-joint. 



To this genus only 3, Middle and North European species, also found 

 with us. They live on damp meadow or marshy ground under moss and bet- 

 ween roots of plants, and are often numerous in alluvium. 



Key to Species. 



1. Elytra without distinct suture-stripe, scabrously punctated. L. 1.5- 



-2 mm 1. S. scaber -Jra vh . 



Elytra with fine, yet distinct sutural stripe, not scabrously 



punctated 2. 



2. Pronotum posteriorly with two narrowly separated, short grooves, 



and between these a very fine, carinated line (Fig. 143) L. 1.5 



mm 2. E. ruficapillus Boisd. 



Pronotum posteriorly with two rather broadly separated grooves, 



interval without carinated line. L. 1.8 mm 



3. E. laeviusculus I.'annh. 



1. E. scaber Jravh. 



( iravh. Mon. 202; Erichs Kaf. Mk. Br. I, 574; Sen. Spec. Staph. 746; 

 Kraatz Ins. D. II, 736; Thorns. Skand. Col. Ill, 115; Mul s. et Rey Brevip. 

 1878, 306. - bipunctatus Ljungh, Ganglb. Kaf. U. II, 545). 



Most often a little larger than the two following species, and easi- 

 ly identified by the scabrous punctation of elytra. 



Black or pitch-brown, rather dull; elytra and abdomen particularly 

 Fig. 143. Euaesthetus ruficapillus boisd. 

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