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 ters in the 3* ; as a rule tne color is more black, and the hair vesti- 

 ture less distinct. 



Black; thorax somewhat glistening, extremely finely and sparsely 

 haired, abdomen rather glistening, more distinctly haired; first joint 

 of maxillary palpi brownish-yellow, sometimes darkly brownish. 



Head a little broader than pronotum, distinctly narrower than el- 

 ytra, rather robustly and very densely punctated; forehead between tne 

 eyes not impressed ana pitta t*o longitudinal flat grooves, separated 

 by a rather broad, slightly convex interval; antennae rather short, 

 pronotum oblong, broadest before middle, and there considerably nar- 

 rower than elytra, with slightly rounded sides, posteriorly feebly 

 narrowed, robust and very dense punctation, without groove in the mid- 

 dle-line, but posteriorly most often slightly depressed; elytra longer 

 than pronotum, robustly and very densely punctated, as a rule with a 

 distinct impression at scutellum along the suture, a second and feebler 

 one mesad of the humeri, and an indistinct one at middle of sides; ab- 

 domen with fine isolated punctation and its foremost free dorsal Joint 

 with four small carinae at base; tarsi short, secona ^oint of hind tar- 

 si a very little longer than tne third. L. 3-3.5 mm. 



In the C the hind tibiae on inner side at tip ■itta a very small 

 spine; aLiominal sixtn ventral joint is at tip slightly emarginate. 



distributed in Middle Europe ana also found in Norway and Skaane; 

 in Denmark it is rare; on damp forest- and field-ground, under leaves 

 and in alluvium at ponds and lake; g, Raebild, Panders, Ryj 



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