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 finely, often indistinctly carinatedj antennae fine; pronotum almost 

 only half as broad as elytra, longer than broad, with posteriorly slight- 

 ly impressed sides and the dorsum with a short groove in the middle- 

 line; the elytra longer than pronotum, and together with same very dense- 

 ly and rather coarsely, somewhat rugously punctated; -----(Page487)- — -- 

 legs slender and the hind tarsi about as long as tibiae. L. 5 mm. 



In the C the abdominal fourth ventral joint at tip feebly, the fifth 

 more strongly semicircularly impressed, the sixth at tip angularly in- 

 cised. 



Distributed in Europe and North Asia; rather common in this country, 



on open sandy shores of lakes and water-courses, also on damp sandy 



slopes . 



2. St. bipunctatus Br. 



(Erichs. Kaf. Mk. Br. I, 530; ien. Spec. Staph. 691; Kraatz Ins. D. II, 

 743; Thorns. Skand. Col. II, 227; Rey Brevip. 1884, 35; Sanglb. Kaf. U. 

 II, 558). 



Much like preceding species, but as a rule larger and more robust. 

 The yellow spot on elytra is a little larger and is placed midways bet- 

 ween the suture and the deflected side-margin; maxillary palpi darker 

 and only their first joint is yellow; forehead is less concave and the 

 middle-line more distinctly carinated. L. 5-6 mm. 



In the Othe abdominal fourth and fifth ventral joints posteriorly 

 more feebly impressed, but the sixth at tip more deeply incised. 



Distributed, and in similar places as bi^uttatus . but with us hardly 

 as common, more local. 



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