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 and very sparsely punctated, with somewhat greasy shine; elytra lk times 

 as long as pronotum, rather densely and robustly punctated; abdomen 

 very sparsely punctated; hind tibiae with single spines. L. 3.5 mm. 



In the o the head is broader than in the Q , about as broad as pro- 

 notum; posterior margin of ventral seventh abdominal joint is in the O 

 rounded off, but less produced than in the Q . 



In Middle Europe at salt waters; with us here and there in southern 

 Jutland in marshes on baren spots in the marshy clay" (I. Schijodte 1857); 

 Pefnaes (Fabr. de Tengnagel, 6. 1898) a larger series. 



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 8. Bl. nanus £r. 



(Erichs. 5en. Spec. Staph. 773; Kraatz Ins. D. II, 833; Jiuls. et Rey 

 Bre'vip. 1879, 163; ianglb. Kaf. U. II, 620). 



Very closely allied to atricapillus , but a little smaller, more 

 glistening and with shorter elytra. 



Black, very finely haired, glistening; pronotum sometimes pitchy- 

 brownish; elytra yellow, along the suture more or less broadly black; 

 antennae pitchy-brownish, their first two joints, mouth and legs reddish- 

 yellow. 



Head and pronotum indistinctly shagreened; pronotum a little broad- 

 er than the head, a little narrower than elytra, feebly transverse, with 

 rounded-off obtuse hind corners, convex, middle-grooved, scattered and 

 fine punctation; elytra a little longer than pronotum, rather robustly 

 and densely punctated, slightly convex; abdomen posteriorly feebly broad- 

 ened, sparsely and feebly punctated; hind tibiae and sex-characters same 

 as in the preceding species. L. 3 mm. 



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