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teriorly obliterate, posterior margin obtuse angularly incised; the 



sixth ventral joint is in middle-line smoothed and at tip with a small 



incision. 



Distributed in Middle and North Europe, but everywhere, also in this 



country, rare or very rare and local (Sk/rping Forest at Aalborg; Hil- 



ler0d Mose, Lyngby Mose, Bjtfllemosen and several other places in North 



Sjaelland). 



13. St. scrutator Br. 



(Erichs. ien. Spec. Staph. 708; Kraatz Ins. D. II, 765; Thorns. Skand. 

 Col. II, 216; Rey Brevip. 1884, 79; Janglb. Kaf. M. II, 566.- femoralis 

 Erichs. Kaf. Mk. Br. I, 547). 



Closely allied to the nearest preceding species, about of same size 

 as lustrator , but less glistening, with darker legs and maxillary palpi, 

 more finely punctated thorax, longer, more convex and broader elytra, 

 and much more densely punctated abdomen, also with differently formed 

 sex-characters in the $ ; identified especially by proportionately long 

 elytra and by the also posteriorly very dense punctation of abdomen. 



Pure deep black, little glistening; thorax scarcely visible, abdomen 

 with particularly fine hair; first joint of maxillary palpi and base of 



the second yellow, (Page 495) the rest of the 



second joint and the third joint pitch-brownish; legs black or pitch- 

 brown, the inner half of femora brownish-yellow or brownish-red. 



Head much broader than pronotum, about as broad as elytra, with ro- 

 bust and very dense punctation, between the eyes impressed and with two 

 distinct forehead grooves, separated by a slightly convex interval; 



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