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Black, shining; sJde-margins of pronotura, occasionally also back- 

 margins, narrowly yellow-brownishj elytra brov.n, darkish-brown, or 

 yellow-brovvni sh v.ith lighter humeri and back-margins; antennae, and 

 mouth-parts pitch-black; legs reddish or brownish yellov.. 



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In contrast to our other species the head and pronotum of f imetarius 

 is without punctation, or- with such extremely fine and scattered punct- 

 fation, that the punctures can only be seen when greatly magnified; 

 the surface with very fine, undulating transversal aciculation; anten- 

 nae slender, thieir next-last joints as long as broad; pronotum pos- 

 teriorly as broad as elytra, these Ij times as long as pronotum, not 

 densely, but distinctly punctated, surface finely reticulate acicu- 

 lated ; abdomen tapering, with fine, open punctation, its two-three 

 first free dorsal joints with two smell hair-spots on middle, and 

 the fifth vjith an outstanding marginal bristle on sides. L. 4-5 mm. 



In., the C?" the midale-lobe of the abdominal sixth free dorsal 

 joint is divided into two, rather short, triangular tips, and a little 

 longer than the bristle-bearing side-lobes. In the ^ the middle- 

 lobe of same joint is by a aeup, narrovi incision divided into two 

 slender tips of same lenght and form as the bristle-hearing side- 

 lobes. 



Distributed in Burope, and comm.on everywhere in Denmark; in the 

 spring often numerous in the flowers of hawthorn, otherwise on half- 

 damp ground beneath leaves, in hollow trees and at outflowing tree- 

 sap, occasionally also at anthills. It is (fc. Fowler) not found in 



England. 



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