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 ly short and fine, scarcely visible hair, abdomen somewhat glistening, 

 and as well as the ventral side with very fine and short, whitish hair 

 vestiture; first joint of maxillary palpi yellow, the others brownish- 

 black. 



The head (Fig, 148) is broader than pronotum, nearly as broad as 

 elytra, robustly and very densely punctated, the forehead between the 

 eyes not impressed, but with two flattish grooves, separated by a feeb- 

 ly convex interval; antennae short; pronotum broadest before the middle, 

 somewhat longer than broad, narrower than the elytra, narrowing posteri- 

 orly, with robust and extremely dense, somewhat rugous punctation, and 

 as a rule with a feeble, sometimes indistinct, anteriorly and posteri- 

 orly abbreviated groove in the middle-line. Elytra are often scarcely 

 longer than pronotum, somewhat uneven, with robust, particularly dense, 

 especially posteriorly somewhat rugous and confluent punctation; abdom- 

 en rather finely and densely punctated, its first four free dorsal joints 

 with four distinct, short carinae at base; tarsi short. L. 3.5-4 mm. 



In the O the middle- and hind-tibiae with an extremely small, hard- 

 ly visible spine on inner side at tip; the abdominal sixth ventral joint 

 is at tip flatly and broadly emarginate. 



Distributed in Europe, and in this country very common everywhere 

 on damp ground. 



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 21. St. canaliculars jyllh. 



(J,llh. Ins. Suec. IV, 501; Erichs. Kaf. Mk. Br. I, 542; Jen. Spec. 



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