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 the antennae slightly impressed, together with pronotum very densely 

 shagreened, but without noticeable punctation, antennae short, their 

 third joint small, mucn shorter than the second, the fourth, fifth and 

 sixtn small, rounded, the seventh as well as the next-last ones distinct- 

 ly transverse; pronotum narrower than elytra, across the middle Is times 

 as broad as long, with rounded sides, posteriorly narrowing, on middle- 

 dorsum ana posteriorly with four, flat foveae; elytra amply <,$ longer than 

 pronotum, with deep, robust and dense punctation and most often v.ithout 

 distinct sutural line; abdomen especially finely shagreened. L. 2 mm. 



distributed in Middle and North Europe, in this country rare or very 

 rare, on damp meadow ground and at beaches under seaweed (/imager; "yk0- 

 bing F. ; Odense at Stavisaa; Kaderslev, Lsbjerg, Ringk^bing, Jravlev Bilge) 



8. T. halophilus Kiesw. 



(Kiesw. .Stett. Bnt. Ztg. 1844, 373; Kraatz Ins. C. 'il, 877; Thorns. 

 Skand. Col. Ill, 133; Muls. et Fey Brevip. 1879, 298; ianglb. Kaf. U. 

 II, 656). 



A small species, of same length as f oveolatus , most often a little 

 narrower and with more finely punctated elytra, further especially iden- 

 tifiable by impunctated head anu pronotum, and by the very feeble, almost 

 obliterated impressions of pronotum. 



Black; very finely haired, feebly glistening; elytra and first joint 

 of the antennae sometimes brownish; legs pitch-brown with reddish-yellow 

 knees and tarsi. 



Body is of equal breadth, rather narrow; the head nearly as broad as 

 pronotum, with rather large, not very prominent eyes, and considerably 



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