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Staph. 704; Kraatz Ins. E. II, 745; Thorns. Skand. Col. II, 222; Rey Bre"- 

 vip. 1884, 121; Janglb. Kaf. H. II, 573). 



Easily identified by tne flat form of the forehead, the through 

 running groove of pronotum, and the very densely punctated, dull, dis- 

 tinctly haired thorax. 



Black; pronotum rather finely and densely, whithish haired, and 

 due thereto dully gray, abdomen finely haired, somewhat glistening; 

 first joint of maxillary palpi yellow, the second brownish-black. 



The head is broader than pronotum, about as broad as elytra, with 

 entirely flat, not impressed forehead without distinguisable grooves, 

 robust and especially dense, slightly rugous punctation; antennae short; 

 pronotum broadest before the middle, hardly as broad as long, narrower 

 than elytra, posteriorly narrowing, robustly and especially densely 

 punctated, with one as a rule through-running and distinct groove in the 

 middle-line; elytra somewhat longer than pronotum, smooth, with robust 

 and very dense, not rugous punctation; abdomen rather finely and densely 

 punctated, its first four free dorsal joints with four small carinae at 

 base; tarsi somewhat longer and more slender than in the preceding spe- 

 cies. L. 3.5-4 mm. 



In the O the abdominal sixth ventral joint at tip rounded incurved. 



Distributed in Europe, North Asia and North America, it is not rare 

 in this country at lake shores in alluvium, on damp moor- and forest- 

 ground, also on ocean beaches. 



22. St. nitens Steph. 



(Steph. 111. Brit. V, 3C0; ianglb. Kaf. U. II, 574. - aemulus Srichs. 



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