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The head is rather broad, yet a little narrower than pronotum, finely 

 and rather densely punctated, forehead anteriorly with two nearly oblit- 

 erated impressions, but is elsewhere smooth, antennae (Fig. 181) short, 

 of about even thickness or only feebly thickened distally, their third 

 joint almost as thick as the second, the fourth and fifth about as thick 

 as, but more rounded than the transverse next-last joints; pronotum dense- 

 ly and finely punctated, smoothly convex, often with two merely suggested 

 longitudinal impressions at middle posteriorly; elytra about twice as long 

 as pronotum, finely and very densely punctated, the surface very finely 

 and feebly longitudinally aciculated and thereby dull; abdomen with extrem- 

 ely fine punctation and the surface densely shagreened. L. 3-3.5 mm. 



Distributed in Middle and North Europe. In this country rather common 



and often numerous in hollow trees, in refuse of old hay and straw and tae 



like. In Sweden it is rare (Thorns.). 



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3. X . concinnus Marsh. 



(Marsh. Bnt. Brit. I, 510; Erichs. ien. Spec. Staph. 886; Kraatz Ins. 

 D. II, 991; Thorns. Skand. Col. Ill, 206; Rey Bre'vip. 1880, 167; Jangpb. 

 Kaf. U. II, 730). 



Much like the preceding species, but ordinarily a little shorter, more 

 glistening and with less densely punctated elytra than same. 



Father strongly glistening ; pronotum almost naked, abdomen finely haired ; 

 head black; pronotum brownish-black, most often with reddish-brown side- 

 margins; elytra reddish-brown or darkly chestnut-brown, rarely entirely 

 black; abdomen brownish-black, its side-margins and posterior margins of 

 its joints often reddish-brown; antennae, moutn and legs yellowish-red. 



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