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 grooved with slightly outcurved side-grooves; elytra short, only a little 

 longer than pronotum, rather finely longitudinal aciculated or feeble lon- 

 gitudinal-rugose punctation; abdomen feebly shagreened, with scattered and 

 especially fine punctation. L. 3-3.5 mm. 



In the o the sixth ventral abdominal joint at middle of posterior mar- 

 gin with a short and slight impression, the impression feebly emarginated 

 and its hina corners prominently short dentiform; the seventh ventral joint 

 is posteriorly deep, at bottom with two outcurves, and the short part bet- 

 ween slightly rounded or obtuse angular. 



A strand-species, distributed along the coasts of Middle and North 



Europe; rare in this country (Skagen, Aalborg, Blokhus; Tisvilde, Cornbeek; 



Eata; Panne); under seaweed and at animal fragments. 



9. 0. inustus Jravh. 



(iravh. Mon. 188; Erichs. Kaf. 61k. Br. I, 593; 3en. Spec. Staph. 791 j 

 Kraatz Ins. D. II, 856; L'.uls. et Fey fcrevip. 187S, 69; langlb. Kaf. If. II, 

 640). 



Closely allied both to Perrisi and sculpturatus . from the former it is 

 separated inter alia by entirely black antennae, from the latter by the 

 sculpture and stronger lustre of thorax, also by the sex-characters of the o. 



Black, strongly glistening; elytra often reddish-brown; antennae and 

 maxillary palpi entirely blackj legs brownish yellow, most often with pitch- 

 brown femora. (Page 562) 



The head of the <p narrower than pronotum and without impressions, in the 

 O at least as broad as pronotum, and anteriorly feebly impressed, in both 

 anteriorly smooth, posteriorly with very fine and scattered punctation, not 



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