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try, but rather rare; in alluvium at marshes and meadows (Northeastern 



Sjaelland; Falster; Odense; Aarhus, Jravlev Meadows south of Aalborg, 



and several other places). 



23. St. morio Sravh. 



(-Jravh. Mon. 230; Erichs. Kaf. Mk. Br. I, 537; Jen. Spec. Staph. 

 700; Kraatz Ins. D. II, 757; Rey Bre'vip. 1884, 126; (Janglb. Kaf. M. II, 

 574. - inaequalis Rey Bre'vip. 1884, 111). 



From buphthalmus the species morio is separated mainly by the less 

 dense, not rugous punctation and more distinct vestiture of the thorax, 

 also by longer elytra, and that the small carinae of the abdominal fore- 

 most free dorsal joints most often are very indistinct. 



Black, somewhat glistening with grayish reflection, very fine and 

 short, yet distinctly ^ray-haired; maxillary palpal base yellow. 



Head almost as broad as elytra, broader than pronotum, very dense 

 and rather robust punctation, forehead smoothly and feebly impressed, 

 with two very feeble, almost obliterated grooves; antennae rather short; 

 pronotum narrower than elytra, broadest before the middle, narrowing 

 posteriorly, smoothly convex, robustly and very densely punctated, with- 

 out groove in the middle-line. Elytra are distinctly longer than prono- 

 tum, rather smooth, slightly convex, with a feeble impression at middle 

 of side, very robustly and densely punctated; abdomen anteriorly with 

 rather fine and dense, posteriorly finer punctation, its foremost free 

 dorsal joint with four very small, often indistinct or obsolete carinae 

 at base; second joint of hind tarsi distinctly longer than the third. 

 L. 3-3.5 mm. 



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