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 nae brownish, their first four Jointe, mouth-parts, and legs reddish- 

 yellow. Occasionally the vertex and sides of elytra are dark. 



The head ie smooth; eyes flat; next-last Joints of antennae dis- 

 tinctly transverse; the two middle bristle-bearing punctures of the 

 anterior margin of pronotum is set close to the anterior margin, and 

 *ftd much closer to this than their distance from each other, prono- 

 tum otherwise with scattered and .snad very fine, though distinct punct- 

 ation. Antennae are broader and 1/3 longer than pronotum, and has be- 

 sides the usual three punctated stripes (suture-, dorsal- and side- 

 stripes) between these several finer, irregular or here and there in 

 feeble grooves set/ punctate rows; dorsal stripe has 5-8 larger punct- 

 ures. Abdomen with very robust and rather dense punctation, short 

 yellow hair with outstanding side-bristles. L. 4-6 mm. 



The difference between O and O is not distinct. (Kraatz, 5anglb.) 

 Is heretofore not found in Eenmark, but as it occurs in Skaane 

 (Thoms.) and also is distributed in Middle- and North Europe, it is 

 not improbable that it may be encountered here in this country. 



3. B. crassicornis Weikl. 



(Maklin Myc. Symb. 1847, 9. - castaneus Hardy et Bold, Trans. 

 Tynes. 1851, II, 78; Rey Bre'vip. 1883, 231). 



More often considerably smaller than ruf us, identified particu- 

 larly by black head, unpunctated pronotum, and smooth elytra! un- 

 punctated intervals. It is in appearance very much like Mycetoporus 

 punctus . from which it howevei is- easily distinguished by the larger 



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