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3. M. fulvus Er. 



(Erichs. -Jen. Spec. Staph. 912; Kraatz Ins. E. II, 1054; Fey Erevip. 

 1883, 165; ^anglb. Kaf. M. II, 76S). 



Easily identified by the color, and by the two dorsal ribs of elytra. 



Browm or blackish-brown, feebly glistening, not haired; pronotal sides, 

 antennae, maxillary palpi, and the legs rust-red; teneral animals may be 

 entirely rust-red. 



The body is feebly convex; the head posteriorly with three fine, for- 

 wardly directed converging longitudinal carinae, and in the surface at sides 

 and fore-margin densely shagreened. Pronotum fully as broai as elytra, ante- 

 teriorly narrowing, with smoothly rounded, broadly set-off-depressed and in 

 the surface densely shagreened sides, at middle with about six elongate, 



cell-shaped impressions or foveae; elytra rather flat, li times as long 

 as pronotum, posteriorly transversally impressed, with ribbedly, fine sutu- 

 re, two robust dorsal ribs, one humeral rib, and closely outside of this 

 and parallel with same a fine side-rib, intervals coarsely and rather den- 

 sely punctated. Abdomen is divided-f oveated like that of porcatus . the fo- 

 veae smooth at bottom. L. 2.5 mm. 



In the d 7 the fore-margin of clypeus is at middle dentiform; middle- and 

 hind-tibiae beneath the middle on inner side with a small tooth, and last 

 ventral joint of abdomen at tip emarginate. 



Local and as a whole rare in this country, but occasionally numerous 

 in decaying compost. Middle and South Europe. 



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 4. M. tesserula Curt. 



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