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 at sides less deep; elytra scarcely twice as long as pronotum, more den- 

 sely punctated than in rivulare, posteriorly with longitudinal-rugose 

 punctation; abdomen extremely finely shagreened, and due thereto dull. 

 L. 3-3.5 mm. 



Distributed in Middle Europe, Norway, Finland and Lapland. Its occur- 

 rence in this country is yet doubtful. That in Dr. Meinert's catalogue 

 of our Qmalilni described specimen from Ry (Entom. Liedd. 3. B. 1891-52,7) 

 is undoubtedly a teneral specimen of caesum . 



3. 0. laeviusculum GSyllh. 



(Jyllh. Ins. Suec. IV, 464; Thorns. Skand. Col. Ill, 213; Rey Brevip. 

 1880, 193; Oanglb. Kaf. M. II, 734.- fucicola Kraatz Ins. D. II, 978 Note). 



Larger and especially broader than rivulare . Glistening black; elytra 

 with reddish humeri, sometimes entirely reddish-brown, pronotum also often 

 redaish-brown; antennal base, and the legs reddish-yellow. 



The head and pronotum with very fine scattered punctation, almost smooth, 

 foveae of the forehead before the ocelli round; pronotum broad, anterior- 

 ly more narrowing than in revulare , its longitudinal impressions on dor- 

 sum broad, punctated, its posteriorly flatly set off side-margins distinct- 

 ly shagreened in the surface; elytra at least twice as long as pronotum, 

 with rather fine and scattered punctation, the surface shagreened, and 

 therefore dull or dully shining; abdomen scarcely punctated; prothorax in- 

 distinctly punctated, densely shagreened and dull. L. 4-4.5 mm. (accd.to. 

 (Janglb. and Kraatz). 



A strand species. Distributed along the coasts of North Germany, North 



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