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 characters; but: 



The fore-coxae are yellow, and pronotum often yellowish-red 

 (v. merdarius ) like the elytra, or brownish at middlei of the anten- 

 nae the next-last Joint is dark like the nearest preceding, and the 

 distal joint is not as in cingulatus clear yellow, but brownish-yeli 

 low; the sutural stripe of elytra has 8-10 punctures. L. 6-7 mm. 



Like the preceding species on damp or half-damp woodland ground 

 under foliage, moss and twigs, less distributed than this, but some- 

 what more frequent in Denmark. The variety with yellowish-red pro- 

 notum is seemingly not rarer than the typical form with entirely 

 black pronotum. 



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 3. B. inclinans iravh. 



(Jravh. Uon. 33; Brichs. Kaf. lik. Br. I, 405; Gen. Spec. Staph. 

 271; Kraatz Ins. D. II, 444; Thorns. Skand. Col. 111,168; Rey Bre'vip. 

 1883, 186; JJanglb. Kaf. M. II, 359). 



More often not as broad as cingulatus , but about of same length; 

 easily identified by the densely punctated, finely haired elytra. 



Yellowish-red or light brownish-red, shining; the head and ab- 

 domen, with exception of the letters two-three last joints, black; 

 the middle joint of the antennae often pitch-brownish. 



The head is smooth; Antennae slender, scarcely thickened out- 

 wardly, considerably longer than head and pronotum together; pronotum 

 posteriorly somewhat broader than elytra, slightly convex, with very 

 f*eble, single punctures; elytra 1/3 longer than pronotum, rather 



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