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 elytral dorsum-stripe as well as the suture stripe with 10-12 

 punctures. L. 4-5.5 mm. (Kraatz, Janglb.). 



It is distributed in Jermany, found at Hamborg, also in Norway, 

 Middle-Sweden and Finland, but heretofore not in Denmark, where its 

 existence however Is not improbable. 



5. B. trinotatus Er. 



(Erichs. Kaf. Uk. Br. I, 409; Gen. Spec. Staph. 279; Kraatz Ins. 

 D. II, 44S; Thorns. Skand. Col. Ill, 174; Rey Brevip. 1883, 208; Janglb. 

 Kaf. M. II, 364). 



Fusiform, like the following species somewhat varying in color; 

 identifiable particularly by the finely marginated posterior margin 

 of pronotum, the number of Junctures in the dorsal stripe of elytra, 

 and the color of abdomen. 



Reddish brownish-yellow, shiny; head black; pronotum at middle 



occasionally darkish-brownish; elytra grayish-yellow or brownish yel- 

 low * large spot on the outer posterior corners, and as a rule a 



small spot on each side of scutellum, often this and the suture black 

 or brownish-black; abdomen reddish-brown, the next-last joints dark- 

 er; antennae brownish or pitch-black, their base, mouth-parts, and 

 legs yellow. 



The head is a little longer than broad; antennae not long, feeb- 

 ly thickened outwardly, their next-last joints as long as broad; pro- 

 notum posteriorly narrower than elytra, anteriorly narrowed, feeb- 

 ly convex, together with head smooth and shiny, its posterior mar- 

 gin particularly finely marginated; elytra scarcely 1-^ times as 



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