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 at middle smoothed. 



In this country common everywhere on damp field- and forest-ground, 

 often numerous in alluvium. Distributed in Europe and North Asia. 



11. St. providus Erichs. 



(Erichs. Kaf. Bilk. Br. I, 546; Jen. Spec. Staph. 707; Kraatz Ins. D. 

 II, 763; Thorns. Skand. Col. II, 216; Rey Brevip. 1884, 237; Janglb. Kaf. 

 U. II, 565). 



From clavicornis , which it very much resembles, and nearly corre- 

 sponds with in size, forir, color and punctation, it differs in the fol- 

 lowing details: 



It is most often a little smaller and hardly as broad, rather glis- 

 tening; maxillary palpi are as a rule yellow, but the yellow color is 

 fulvous,, especially the third joint is most often shaded with brown; 

 legs are darker, inasmuch as the outer half of the femora including 

 the knees and most of the tibiae, as well as the tarsi are darkly brown- 

 ish; pronotal groove is at middle-line more distinct and longer; elytra 

 a little shorter, these, the head and pronotum with equally robust and 

 densely rugous punctation, as in clavicornis , but a little more uneven; 

 abdomen is somewhat finer and less densely punctated. L. 5-5.5 mm. 



In the (5* the hind femora are thickened and haired also the metaster- 

 num impressec and long-haired as in clavicornis . The first five 

 ventral joints with an, often however on the foremost joints indistinct, 

 smooth middle-stripe, broadest posteriorly, and on each side of this 

 with a row of long, incurved, grayish-yellow hair; the fifth joint further- 

 more abruptly and deeply impressed, the impression with specular snine, 



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