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The head is almost as broad as elytra, broader than pronotum, rath- 

 er fine and very dense punctation, with two broad, flat forehead-grooves, 

 separated by a feebly convex interval, antennae rather short; pronotum 

 broadest at middle, as broad as long, narrowing posteriorly, very dens- 

 ely and somewhat more robustly punctated than the head, slightly convex 

 and with a feeble, often merely suggested, obliquely placed impression 

 on each side of the dorsum posteriorly; elytra distinctly longer than 

 pronotum, hardly as densely, but fully as robustly punctated as this, 

 anteriorly somewhat uneven; abdomen slightly tapering, round, with rath- 

 er robust and toward the tip dense punctation; tarsi short, their third 

 joint feebly divided, the fourth deeply bilobed. L. 4.5-5 mm. 



In the Qthe abdominal sixth ventral joint is at tip feebly emargi- 

 nated. 



Distributed in Europe; with us rather common on damp ground, some- 

 times numerous in alluvium. 



61. St. similis Herbst. 



(Herbst Arch. V, 1784, 151; CJanglb. Kaf. -I. II, 585. - oculatus 



iravh. !.'icr. 155; Srichs. Kaf. Mk. Br. I, 569; ien. Spec. Staph. 733; 



Kraatz Ins. L. II, 795; Thorns* Skand. Col. II, 232; Rey Brevip. 1884, 

 245). 



Closely allied to tarsalis and like this with round abdomen, and 

 first antennal joint black, but larger, with longer antennae, light- 

 colored legs and more robustly punctated abdomen. 



Black, feebly lead-like glistening, with very short and fine, whit- 

 ish hair; maxillary palpi entirely yellow; antennae yellow, but their 



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