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 extending along the base of elytra, abdomen, with exception of the 

 anterior Joints' translucent yellow back-margins, also meso- and meta- 

 sternum black. 



Antennae are distally rather strongly thickened, their three- 

 four next-last joints about as broad as long; elytra 1/3 longer than 

 pronotura, with posteriorly feebly converging sides, and very short, 

 fine marginal-bristles, especially fine scattered punctation, naked 

 or only by great magnifying visible, extremely fine and sparsely hair- 

 ed; abdominal joints on their AkKXr anterior part with distinct, dense 

 punctation, at posterior margins finer and more scattere'd punctati- 

 on. L. 3.5-4 mm. 



On field- and forest ground, distributed everywhere in Europe, and 

 not rare, but less f^-equent here than the following species. 



4. T» chrysomelinus Linn. 



(Linne Faun, 3uec. n. 855; Brichs. Kaf . Mk.Br. I, 3?.:5; ien. Spec. 

 Staph. 235; Kraatz Ins. D. II, 421; Thorns, okand. Col. Ill, 150; 

 Eey Ere'vip. 1883, 87; Janglb. Kaf. I-;. II, 350). 



From solutus , to which it is very closely allied, and like in 

 form, size, and color, it is generally easily distinguished in that, 

 the elytra as a rule has a black longitudinal stripe from humerus 

 down along the sides. Ihis stripe is often abbreviated, and can oc- 

 casionally be entirely missing; chry somelinus is then distinguished 

 from solutus by the finer, darker antennae, coarser and longer side- 

 bristles on elytra and abdomen, also by the finer punctation. L. 3- 

 3.5 mm. 



Distributed everywhere in Europe and very common here in Denmark 



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