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Pronotum is cordate, narrower than elytra, their sides very finely, 

 sometimes incompletely margined; elytra much longer than pronotum, pos- 

 teriorly broadened; abdomen with broadly, sharply upturned side -margins, 

 posteriorly roundly tapering; legs rather slender, tibiae not spinifer- 

 ous, claw-joint of hind tarsi much shorter than the first four joints 

 together. 



The species live on damp ground, especially at water-edges. Distrib- 

 uted in Middle and North Europe, ten species are found, of which four 

 are natives of Denmark. 



Key to Species. 



1. Elytra more than twice as long as pronotum. L. 4-5 mm 



1. L. longelytrata 3oeze. 



Elytra not twice as long as pronotum 2. 



2. Head and pronotum finely and very densely punctated, rather dull. 



L. 4 mm.. 2. L. pubescens Mannh. 



Head and pronotum rather coarsely punctated. 3. 



3. Sides of pronotum finely, but completely, also posteriorly distinct- 



ly margined. L. 3.5 mm 3. L. sicula Er. 



Sides of pronotum posteriorly not margined. L. 3.5 mm 



4. L. punctata Er. 



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 1. L. longelytrata Joeze. 



(Goeze Ent. Beytr. I, 729, 1799; JJanglb. Kaf. M. II, 714. - bicolor 

 Fabr. Snt. Syst. I, 2, 529, .richs. Kaf. Mk. Br. I, 61C Jan. Spec. Staph. 

 855; Kraatz Ins. t>. II, 932; Thorns. Skand. Col. Ill, 182, Rey Brevip. 1880 

 72. - obscura Payk. Faun. Suec. Ill, 388). 



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