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Er. Gen. et Spec. Staph. 142. 1. Thoms. Öfv. af Vet. 
Ac. Förh. 1855. 194. 1. 
Aleochara ruficornis Gy]l. Ins. Sv. II. 422. 44. 
Var. prothoracis disco, elytris circa scutellum angulo- 
que externo fuscis. 
O.xypoda ,<tpectabilis Maerkel. Germ. Zeits. V. 217. 47. 
Temligen sällsynt i medlersta och södra Sverige. 
2. O. lividipenms (Mannerh.): Nitidula, nigva, antennis 
basi, pedibus elytrisque testaceis, his circa scutellum 
anguloque externo infuscatis; prothoraee foveolato ob- 
soleteque canaliculato. Long. 1®/, lin. 
Aleochara Iwidipennis Sahlbg. Ins. Fenn. I. 388. 77. 
. Oxypoda luteipennis Er. Gen. et Spec. Staph. 143. 2. 
Thoms. Öfv. af Vet. Ac. Förh. 1855. 194. 2. 
Aleochara ruficornis var. h. Gyll. Ins. Sv. II. 422. 44. 
Statura prsecedenlis, sed minor, obscurior, prothoraee 
hasi foveolato subtiliterque c.analiculato facile distinguenda: 
fusco-nigra, nitidula, pube tenui cinereo-sericea dense ve- 
stita. Caput subdeflexum, dense subtiliter punetatum, fu- 
sco-nigrum, ore palpisque testaceis. Antennse prothoracis 
basin attingentes, tenuiores, apicem versus vix incrassatse, 
nigro-fusesB, basi dilutiores, articulo 2:o 3:o sequali, ob- 
eonico, 4 — 10 crassitie baud brevioribus, ultimo oblongo- 
ovato, penultimo sesqui longiori. Prothorax basi coleo- 
pterorum latitudine, latitudine sua paullo brevior, apice 
truncatus, angulis anticis deflexis obtusis, lateribus apicem 
versus angustatis, angulis posticis obtusiuseulis; disco le- 
viter, fequaliter convexus, basi foveola distineta canali- 
culaque antrorsum evanescenti irnpressus; dense confer- 
tissime punetatus, nigro-fuseus, limbo laterali obscure 
testaceo. Elytra prothoraee paullo longiora, angulo ex- 
teriore exeiso, leviter convexa, dense subtilissime pun- 
etata, testacea, circa scutellum anguloque externo infu- 
scata. Abdomen dense subtilissimeque fequaliter puneta- 
tum, nigrum, apice segmentorumque ventralium marginibus 
rufo-testaceis, 6:o maris utrinque sinuato, medio triangu- 
lariter produeto. Pedes toti testacei. 
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