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 em part of Jutland more frequent than on the islands; mostly on mead- 

 ow and marsh ground, however also on damp forest ground. 



57. St. nigrltulus Jyllh. 



(Jyllh. Ins. Suec. IV, 502; Thorns. Skand. Col. II, 229; Rey Brevip. 

 1884, 171; Janglb. Kaf. U. II, 583. - campestrls Erichs. Kaf. Mk. Br. I, 

 559; ien. Spec. Staph. 719; Kraatz Ins. C. II, 776). 



Very closely allied to brunnipes . from which it however is easily 

 separated, especially by black legs, longer elytra and denser punctation. 



Black, feebly glistening or dull, very finely whitish-gray haired; 

 first joint of maxillary palpi, and most often also the following or at 

 least its base yellow; legs black, more rarely pitch-brown. 



The body of rather equal breadth, oftenest somewhat more robust 

 than in brunipes ; The head as broad as elytra and broader than pronotum, 

 robustly and extremely densely punctated, with almost obliterated fore- 

 head-grooves, and at middle slightly convex, antennae short; pronotum 

 narrower than elytra, at middle almost as broad as long, with rounded 

 6ides, flatly convex, without impressions or middle-groove, robustly 

 and extremely densely punctated; elytra distinctly longer than pronotum, 

 with fully as robust, but not quite as dense punctation as same, al- 

 most smooth; abdomen round, posteriorly feebly tapering, anteriorly 

 with robust and dense, posteriorly somewhat finer punctation, all over 

 more robust and dense than in brunnipes ; tarsi short, their fourth joint 

 feebly bilobed. L. 3.5-4.5 mm. 



In the O the abdominal sixth ventral joint at tip slightly emargi- 

 nate. 



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