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Shining black; pronotum yellowish-red; elytra black with red- 

 brownish back-margin, occasionally more spreading brownish; back- 

 margins of abdominal Joints narrowly translucent reddish; antenna! 

 base, mouth-parts, and le^s reddish yellow. 



Pronotum large, strongly convex; elytra not longer than pronotum, 

 posteriorly feebly narrowing, very fine, though rather distinctly 

 haired, with very fine and rather dense punctation likewise the ab- 

 domen. L. 3-3.5 mm. 



Distributed particularly in J-Iiddle European mountain-regions, 

 and not found in Sweden or England. In Denmark very rare on damp 

 ground. (Vejle, Frisenborg Forests, at Jul Lake, Ejsb^l at Haders- 

 lev and several other places). 



7. T. transversal! s .Jravh. 



(<Jravh. Mon. 6; Lrichs. Kaf. Llk. Br. I, 395; ,;en. Spec. Staph. 

 24Ci Kreatz Ins. D. II, 425; Thorns. Skand. Col. Ill, 151; Rey Bre- 

 vip. 1863, 103; Janglb. Kaf. M. II, 151). 



Easily identified by the color of pronotum and elytra . 



Black, occasionally with a feeble bluish reflection; pronotum 

 posteriorly yellowish-red, its anterior half-part black or blackish- 

 brownish; elytra black, their posterior third part yellowish-red; 

 back-margins of abdominal joints broadly, translucent reddish-yel- 

 low; antennae reddish-brownish, their base, mouth-parts, and legs 

 reddish-yellow. 



Head small; antennae distinctly thickened outwardly; pronotum con- 

 vex, a little broader than elytra, these about 1/3 longer than pro- 



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