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 Kaf. U. II, 374. - pronus var. a. Kraatz Ins. D. II, 465). 



Very closely allied to clavlcornis . but larger and broader, and 

 with less robust antennae. 



Yellowish-red, strongly shining; the sides of elytra, their base 

 nearest scutellum, metasternum, and abdomen, with exception of poste- 

 rior margins of the joints, black or pitchy-brown, the antennae dark, 

 their base, and the legs reddish-yellow. Seldom is the head and middle' 

 part of pronotum rea-brownlsh. 



The antennae are longer than in clavicornis . not strongly thick- 

 ened outwardly, their third joint a little longer than the second, 

 the fourth and fifth scarcely broader than long, the next-last feeb- 

 ly transverse; the abdominal surface, even when strongly magnified, 

 entirely smooth, without transverse aciculation as in the preceding 

 species, for the rest somewhat more robustly punctated than in it. 

 L. 4.5 mm. 



Of +his, in Middle Europe widely distributed, but very rare spe- 

 cies (ianglb>) I have found one specimen in the hills near Hvorup, 

 north of N. Sundby; it is found in Finland, but not in Sweden, (drill 

 Cat. Col.). 



2. Subgenus Ischnosoma Thorns. 



10. M. gplendidus Jravh. 



(Sravh. Mon. 24; Erichs. Kaf. lik. Br. I, 416; Jen. Spec. Staph. 

 287; Kraatz Ins. D. II. 466; Thoms. Skand. Col. Ill, 165; Rey brevip. 

 1883, 277; Janglb. Kaf. M. II, 368). 



An elongate and narrowly fusiform species; in connection with the 



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