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pression, black. L. 8-12 mm 2. 0. maxlllosus Fabr. 



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1. 0. rufus Linn. 



(Linne Syst. Nat. Ed. X, 422; Erlchs Kaf. Mk. Br. I, 498; Jen. Spec. 

 Spaph. 556; Kraatz Ins. D. II, 814; Thorns. Skand. Col. Ill, 145; Uuls. 

 et Rey Bre'vip. 1879, 4; Janglb. Keif. If. II, 605). 



Black, rather strongly glistening, not haired; pronotum, a large 

 spot on humeri, abdominal first four free joint, also antennae, maxil- 

 lary and labial palpi, and legs reddish-yellow; femoral base sometimes 

 black. (Fig. 153. Oxyporus rufus Linn.) 



Head as broad as or broader than pronotum, this smoothly convex, 

 both smooth; elytra with a flat longitudinal impression mesad of the 

 humeri and at middle with two rows of rather robust, densely placed 

 punctures, otherwheres with scattered punctation; aodomen smooth. 

 L. 7-11 mm. 



In the o the head is larger than in the p , abdominal fifth and 

 sixth ventral joints posteriorly slightly emarginated. 



Distributed in Europe and North Asia; in this country especially 



in wooded regions, but somewhat local. It lives in toadstools, often 



found in great numbers in these, it burrows through the lamellae and 



lives of the fungi. 



2. 0. maxillosus Fabr. 



(Fabr. Ent. Syst. I, 2, 531; Erichs. Kaf. Mk. Br. I, 498; Jen. Spec. 

 Staph. 556; Kraatz Ins. D. II, 815; Muls. et Rey Bre'vip. 1879, 7; Janglb. 

 Kaf. II, 605). 



Larger and more robust than rufus, with a slight transversal im- 



