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 flatly impressed and very finely dully shagreened, vertex rather convex, 

 with rather fine and dense punctation, briefly middle-grooved, posterior- 

 ly strongly neck-shaped constricted, antennae rather long and slender, 

 their first joint normal, (Page 560) back of tip not constrict- 

 ed, the middle and next-last ones (5-10) of equal breadth, and all a little 

 longer than broad. Pronotum is a little narrower than elytra, l£ times 

 as broad as long, with finely margined, anteriorly rounded sides, poste- 

 riorly slightly narrowing with obtuse hind-corners, dorsum flatly convex, 

 with a broad, flat impression on each side and three rather- deep, mutual 

 almost parallel longitudinal grooves at middle, the intervals with simple 

 punctation and rather glistening, the dorsum elsewhere with rather fine 

 and dense longitudinal -rugose punctation. llytra are longer than prono- 

 tum, with dense and rather fine longitudinal -rugose punctation, and with 

 an ingraved, finely margined line along the sides; abdomen extremely fine- 

 ly shagreened, scarcely punctated. L. 4-5 mm. 



In the tf the sixth ventral abdominal joint (Fig. 164) is not emargi- 

 ned, but the seventh by two narrow, deep incisions divided into three parts, 

 the middle-part spatulate, with a short carina or boss at middle, poste- 

 riorly feebly emarginated and as long as the tapering side-parts. 



rig. 164. Last three ventral abdominal joints in Oxytelus sculptus 

 Jravh. 3* . 



distributed in all continents, and not rare in this country; at manu- 

 re, in compost and under rotting plants. - The larva is found in manure 

 and reared by Cand. ".'. Schlick (S. 18&4). 



