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 ests north of Copenhagen; Falster; Lundby Krat , near Aalhorg). 



2. Subgenus 1'estus Rey. 



18. St. argentellus Thorns. 



(Thorns. Skand. Col. II, 222. - buphthalmus Oyllh. (neo.Jravh.) Ins. 

 Suec. II, 475. - carbonarius orichs. (nee iyllh.) Kaf. Mk. Br. I, 535; 

 (Jen. Spec. Staph. £96; Kraatz Ins. D. II, 750. - palposus (Zett. ?) 

 Janglb. ?:af. M. II, 571). 



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Somewhat shorter, but not narrower than ater , recognized mainly by 

 entirely black maxillary palpi, also by the rather dense and coarse, 

 silver-white glistening hair vestiture of the elytra and abdomen. 



Dully black, proportionally long and coarse, rather dense, on el- 

 ytra and abdomen denser in spots, silver-white hair; maxillary palpi, 

 antennae and legs entirely black. 



The head is somewhat broader than pronotum, nearly as broad as el- 

 ytra, with rather robust and especially dense rugous punctation, with 

 very feebly concave forehead and broad, feeble forehead-grooves, sepa- 

 rated by a flatly convex interval; antennae rather short; pronotum broad- 

 est before the middle, narrower than elytra, considerably longer than 

 broad, narrowing posteriorly, with rather robust and extremely dense 

 rugous punctation, a little uneven, in middle-line feebly, anteriorly 

 and posteriorly abbreviated grooved; elytra hardly longer than prono- 

 tum, somewhat uneven, with rather robust, extremely dense rugous punc- 

 tation; abdomen anteriorly rather robustly, and very densely, posteri- 

 orly somewhat finer and not quite as densely punctated, its first four 



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