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 long as the next-last, tapering. 



Pronotum is much narrower than elytra, as broad as long and not, or 

 only feebly narrowing posteriorly, its side-margins distinct, narrowly 

 set off, and posteriorly slightly upturned, the corners rounded off; 

 elytra more than twice as long as pronotum, broadened posteriorly; ab- 

 domen posteriorly short tapering, its side-margins upturned, sharpe; 

 legs slender, the middle- and hind-tibiae finely spiniferous, hind tar- 

 sal claw-joint shorter than the first four Joints together. 



To this genus only 1 European species, also found in Denmark. 



1. 0. angustatus Br. 



(Erichs. Jen. Spec. Staph. 874; Kraatz Ins. E. II, £56; Rey Bre'vip. 

 188C, 91 j Janglb. Kaf. If. II, 726) 



Easily identified by the above stated genus-characters, and by the 

 color. 



Black, glistening, naked; pronotal side-margins often brownish; el- 

 ytra brownish-yellow; antennal base, and legs reduish yellow. 



Head and pronotum with very fine and scattered punctation, the sur- 

 face scarcely transversally aciculated, the antennae (Fig. 176) much lon- 

 ger than head and pronotum together, all joints longer than broad, the 

 first slightly thickened, the second shortest; pronotum (see above) slight- 

 ly convex, posteriorly before the scutellum slightly impressed; scutel- 

 lum with sinple punctation; abdomen almost smooth. L. 4 mm. 



In the & the first four joints of fore-tarsi are more broadly cordi- 

 form dilated than in the $ and their hairs are thickened at tip (Kraatz). 

 Fig. 176. Orochares angustatus Lr. 



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