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 form easily Identified by the long, outwardly very feebly thickened 

 antennae, and narrow head. 



Reddish-yellow, strongly shining; the head or its posterior part, 

 and often also its sides, meso- and metathorax, . also the abdomen, 

 with exception of the posterior margins of the joints, pitch-black 

 or pitch-brown; the elytra are darker yellow than pronotum, and fre- 

 quently pitch-black or brown at base and along the sides; antennae 

 brownish, their base and tip, also the legs yellow. 



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The head is longer than broad; the antennae considerably longer 

 than head and pronotum together, very feebly thickened outwardly, 

 their third joint almost twice as long as the second, the next-last 

 as long as broad. Pronotum is posteriorly a little narrower than 

 elytra, as long as broad, without disciform punctures on sides, to- 

 gether with the head specular-shiny; elytra amply 1/3 longer than 

 pronotum, with 5-7 punctures in the dorsal stripe, and without punc- 

 tures between this and suture- or side-stripe; abdomen long taper- 

 ing, with rather dense and fine punctation, rather fine and long hair, 

 with many outstanding marginal- and side-bristles. L. 3.5-5 mm. 



In the o the fifth ventral abdominal joint broadly emarginate, 

 the posterior margin with long and yellow hair, the sixth joint with 

 deep incision in tip, and likewise with long yellow hair. 



On damp forest- or meadow-ground under leaves and moss, or in al- 

 luvium; distributed in North and Middle Europe, and not rare here. 



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