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It is easily separated from scaber by the rather strong lustre of 

 the dorsal surface, by the less dense punctation of pronotum, and espe- 

 cially by the not scabrous punctation of elytra; furthermore these 

 have a distinct sutural stripe. From ruf icapillus , to which it is more 



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 closely allied and most like in color, it is separated by the following 

 characters: 



Ordinarily it is a little larger, broader ana thicker; the head is 

 darker brown, more unicolorous with the rest of the body, head and pro- 

 notum less densely punctated, and more glistening; pronotum is broader, 

 anteriorly as broad as the elytra, rounded heart-shaped, its two long- 

 itudinal grooves posteriorly more broadly separated, and their interval 

 without carinated middle-line; elytra are less densely, but somewhat 

 more robustly punctated and their sutural stripe more deeply impressed 

 and more distinct. L. 1.8 mm. 



In the O the abdominal sixth ventral joint at tip with a small, an- 

 gular incision, which continues in a middle-groove; the fifth at mid- 

 dle of posterior margin with a small rounded incision. 



Distributed like the preceding species and often in company with 

 them, but much rarer in this country (^ravlev Enge south of Aalborg, 

 Panders; Odense; NytyiMng F. ; Copenhagen, Donse, Hillerod and several 

 other places). 



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