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The head a little broader than pronotum and narrower than elytra, 

 rather robust and dense punctation; foreheaa not impressed, but with 

 two deep, anteriorly converging grooves, separated oy a roof-shaped 

 interval; antennae short; pronotum distinctly narrower than elytra, 

 broader than long, with strongly rounded sides, posteriorly contract- 

 edly narrowing, all over with robust and especially dense punctation, 

 often with a feeble foveate impression posteriorly at middle; elytra 

 smootn. f .3 longer than pronotum, punctated like same; abdomen strongly, 

 almost cuneiform, tapering, with rather fine and dense punctation, its 

 foremost free dorsal joint without distinct carinae at base; tarsi short, 

 second joint of hind tarsi a little longer than the third. L. 2-2.5 mm. 



In the u xhe abdominal sixth ventral joint at tip very feebly emar- 

 ginated. 



Distributed in Europe; in Denmark common on damp ground, often nu- 

 merous in alluvium; in Sweden and Norway as well as in Finland common. 



30. St. vafellus ir. 



(Ericbs. Kaf. l£k. Br. I, 554; ien. Spec. Staph. 715; Kraatz Ins. 

 E. II, 771; Thorns. Skand. Col. II, 224; Rey Erevip. 1884, 145; Janglb. 

 Kaf. If. II, 579). 



k small species, identified especially by broad head and brov.nish- 

 red legs. From Argus , which it somewhat resembles in appearance, it 

 is separated inter alia by this, that abdomen is more thickly margi- 

 nated, and the legs as a rule lighter in color. 



Black, somewhat grayish glistening, very finely, whitish haired; 



first joint of maxillary palpi yellow, the second brownish; legs red 



or brownish red. 



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