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 convex, at middle smoothened interval, antennae fine, proportionately 

 long and slender; pronotum narrower than elytra, oefore tne middle 

 hardly as broad as long, narrowing posteriorly, densely and rather ro- 

 bustly, more robustly punctated than the head, at middle with a flat, 

 punctated groove, and on each side of this with one^br two feeble long- 

 itudinal impressions; elytra fully as long as pronotum, feebly broad- 

 ened posteriorly, uneven, with robust and rather dense punctation; ab- 

 domen with rather dense, flat, anteriorly rather fine, posteriorly fin- 

 er punctation; tarsi rather slender, their fourth joint deeply bilobed. 

 L. 3.5-4 mm. 



In the ^ the abdominal fifth ventral joint is posteriorly at middle 

 more densely haired, the sixth at tip obtuse angularly incurved. 



Distributed in Europe; in tnis country common on high, as well as 

 damp ground. 



51. St. Erlchsoni Eye. 



(Rye. ant. Ilontbl. Liag. I, 1864, 108; .^anglb. Kaf. M. II, 598. - 

 flavipes Erichs. Kaf. Uk. Br. I, 566; ien. Spec. Staph. 729; Kraatz Ins. 

 D. II, 789; Thorns. Skand. Col. II, 237; Key Brevip. 1884, 2C4). 



Recognized by short, smooth, posteriorly distinctly broadened elytra 

 and as a rule entirely yellow legs; smaller and less glistening than 

 impressus . 



Black, feeble ore-reflection, finely whitish haired; antennae, max- 

 illary palpi, and legs with coxae reddish yellow; antennal club brown- 

 ish; the hindmost four knees sometimes narrowly brownish-yellow. 



The head is broader than elytral base, broader than pronotum, very 



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