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 impressions, and with one strong impression at middle of side-margins. 

 Elytra are twice as long as pronotum, very flatly convex, posteriorly 

 broadened, rather robust and very dense punctation, the punctures some- 

 times indistinctly rowed; abdomen with extremely fine, scattered puncta- 

 tion. L. 2.5 mm. 



Distributed in Middle Europe. In Denmark very rare, and as far as 

 known heretofore only found in sandy regions of the peninsula (Hvorup 

 sandhills north of N. Sundby : 9. 1892, 10. 1893. Author), Sanderborg 

 ("ustnei)). (Page 597) 



108. (Jenus Deliphrum Er. 



(Erichs. Kaf. Mk. Br. I, 627; ien. Spec. Staph. 872; Kraatz Ins. D. 

 II, 951; Thorns. Skand. Col. Ill, 197; Rey Brevip. 1880, 110; Ganglb. Kaf. 

 M. II, 723). 



The body rather broad and flat, in form most like Omalium; the head 

 small, behind the distinct ocelli with a sharp, impressed transversal 

 groove, in front of ocelli with two oblique grooves or foveae, and with 

 a flat impression on each side anteriorly between base of antennae. 

 Antennae not strongly, (in our species) yet distinctly thickened distal- 

 ly, last joint of maxillary palpi twice as long as the next-last. 



Pronotum transverse-square, with slightly rounded, posteriorly double 

 margined sides and between the margins with a gutter-shaped groove, which 

 shortly before the middle end6 in a small, however most often distinct 

 fovea. The elytra are much longer than pronotum; abdomen narrowly mar- 

 gined; tibiae robustly spiniferous, first two joints of hind tarsi are 

 of equal length, longer than the two following, the claw-joint distinct- 



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