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The body of equal breadth and rather narrow; head broader than pro- 

 notum, and most often fully ae broad as elytra, especially in the O , 

 densely and rather robustly punctated, with broad forehead and two 

 very flat, broad forehead-grooves, separated by a very feebly convex 

 interval, antennae short; pronotum before middle somewhat narrower than 

 elytra, as broad as long, narrowed posteriorly, very dense and rather 

 robustly punctated, without impressions or groove; elytra hardly lon- 

 ger than pronotum, with equally robust, but hardly as dense punctation 

 as pronotum, rather narrow, equally broad; abdomen entirely round, 

 scarcely narrower than elytra, and very little tapering posteriorly, 

 all over with rather robust and very dense punctation; tarsi short, 

 their third joint feebly cleft, the fourth deeply cleft and bilobed. 

 L. 3.5-4 mm. 



In the o the abdominal fifth ventral joint posteriorly flatly im- 

 pressed and broadly emarginated, the sixth narrowly and deeply incised. 



distributed in Europe; not rare in this country on damp ground, at 

 lake and river brims in alluvium. 



59. St. fulvicornis Steph. 



(Steph. 111. Brit. V, 284; CJanglb. Kaf. M. II, 584. - paganus Erichs. 

 Kaf. Mk. Br. I, 571; ?en. Spec. Staph. 742; Kraatz Ins. D. II, 796; 

 Thorns. Skand. Col. II, 231; Rey Bre'vip. 1884, 251). 



Very closely allied to latif rons , but as a rule a little larger, 



with broader and longer elytra, also lighter antennae and legs. 



Black, very little shine, finely whitish-^ray haired; maxillary 



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