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 riety occurs, where the black color is limited to & small spot a- 

 round scutellum , and a stripe at the humeri. - Elytra are l/:S long- 

 er than pronotutn. L. 3.5-4 mm. 



Very common everywhere in Surope on forest-, meadow- and fiela- 

 ground. The color-variety is rare (Lyngby Moor in alluvium, auth.). 



2. T. abdominalis Fabr. 



(Fabr. Spec. Ins. II, App. 501; iurichs. Kaf. Mk. br. I, 393; 

 >ien. Spec. Staph. 233; Kraatz Ins. L. II, 420; ;»anglb. Kaf. K. II, 

 350. - ruficeps Kraatz Ins. L. II, 42H; Bey Br^vip. 1883, 84). 



Identifiable by the color, and by the proportionately short elytra. 



Reddish-yellow; base of abdominal joints also meso- and meta- 

 sternum brownish-black; antennae dark toward the tip. 



Elytra only a very little or not longer than pronotum. - In the 

 callow animals, which supposedly are immature specimens of closely 

 allied species, the yellow color of the head, and the short, entire- 

 ly yellow elytra are the surest characters. L. 3-3.5 mm. 



Distributed in i.'.idale- and North Europe. In Denmark it is very 



rare (Lyrehaven at Copenhagen, Orholm Common, at S^borg Lake, Sorja; 



Kerteminde; liaderslev; Saebygaard's forest in Vendsyssel). 



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3. I. solutus br. 



(iirichs. vJen. Spec. Staph. 236; Kraatz Ins. D. II, 421; Thorns. 

 Skand. Col. HI, 150; Rey Bre'vip. 1883, 85; ianglb. Kaf. i;. II, 350). 



Identifiable particularly by color, proportionally robust anten- 

 nae, and naked elytra. 



Yellowish-red; the head, a small spot around scutellum and often 



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