£4 Aleocharini. 



paululum angustior, latitudine sesqui prope brevior, lateribns subrotunda- 

 tus, basin versus haud angustatus subdepressus, aequalis vel nonnunquam 

 obsolete canaliculatus, griseo-pubescens, crebre subtilius punctatus, fuscus. 

 Elytra thorace parum longiora, depressa, crebre subtilius punctata, tenuiter 

 griseo-pubescentia, testaceo-fusca. Abdomen nigrum, nitidum, supra parce 

 griseo-pubescens, parce obsoleteque punctatum, subtus obsoletius punctula- 

 tum, segmentorum marginibus anoque ferrugineis. Pectus nigro-fuscum. 

 Pedes testacei. 



Mas: Abdominis segmento dorsali sexto punctis elevatis asperato. 



Obs. Sequenti proxima et simillima, distinguenda autem thorace breviore, 

 basin versus minime angustato, antennis longioribus et abdominis segmento dorsali 

 sexto maris asperato. Ad H. graminicolam etiam proxime accedit, differt autem 

 antennis basi testaceis, corporis colore opaco, etc. 



* 6. H. vestita: Nigra, suhnitida, elytris fuscis, anlennarum basi pcdihus- 



que testaceis, thorace coleopteris angustiore, hasin versus subangustato, 

 ohsolete canaliculalo , ahdomine supra parce ohsoleteque punctaio. — 

 Long. 1-| liiu 



Paederus vestitus Grav. Mon. 140. 6. — Oliv. Encycl. meth. Tns. VIII. 629. 11. 

 Aleoch. quisquiiiarum Gyll. Ins. Suec. II. 398. 20. — Sahlh. Ins. Fenn. I. 361. 



30. — Zetterat, Faun. Lappon. I. 97. 4. Ins. Lappou. 75. 5. 

 Bolitoch. quis quiliarum Mannerh. Brachelytr. 80. 32. 



Habitat in Germania, Suecia. 



Statura praecedentium, nigra, nitidula, pube grisea sat conspicua ve- 

 stita. Antennae mans capitis thoracisque longitudine, fenrinae iisdem paulo 

 breviores, apieem versus vix incrassatae, rufae vel rufo-piceae, articulis tri- 

 bus primis rufo-testaceis, sequentibus obconicis, longitudine haud crassiori- 

 bus, ultimo oblongo-ovato. Os cum palpis rufo-testaceum. Caput thorace 

 paulo angustius, subovatum, basi leviter constrictum, subdepressum, fronte 

 uirinque crebrius subtiliter punctata. Thorax coleopteris paulo angustior, 

 lafitudine vix brevior, lateribus ante medium leviter rotundatus, pone me- 

 dium subsinuatus, basin versus leviter angustatus, apice truncatus, subde- 

 pressus, densius subtiliter punctatus, obsolete subtiliterque canaliculatus, 

 basi obsolete impressus, fusco-niger, lateribus saepe rufescentibus. Elytra 

 thorace longiora, depressa, subtiliter dense punctata, fusca vel fusco-testa- 

 cea. Abdomen nigrum, nitidum, apice rufo-piceum, supra parce obsoleteque 

 punctatum, fere laevigatum. Pedes flavo-testacei. 



Mas nonnisi antennis paulo longioribus et validioribus distinguendus. 



* 7» II. callic era: Linearis, suhdepressa , fusca, thorace suhquadrato, 



coleopteris angustiore , basi foveolato , ahdomine supra laevi, antennis 

 articulis duohus idtimis etongatis. — Long. 1-^ lin. 



Er. Col. March. I. 319. 7. 

 Aieoch. calticera Grav. Mon. 153 17. 

 Callicera ohscura Grav. Micr. 66. 1. 

 Caiiiccrus Spencei Curtis Britt. Ent. X. t. 443. 



Habitat in Germania, Anglia. 



Statura fere proxime sequeutium, ut paulo minor, fusca, opaca, pube 



