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32. Antennal third joint distinctly longer than the second; posteri- 



or tarsal first joint longer than claw-joint. L. 7.5-S mm. 



33. Q. rufipes Jravh. 



Antennal third joint scarcely longer than the secondj posteri- 

 or tarsal first joint not longer than claw-joint 33. 



33. Head oval. Abdomen especially fine and densely punctate. Body 



fusiform. L. 5-6 mm 34. Q. picipennis Keer. 



Head transversally rounded. Abdomen less densely punctate. 



Body of rather even breadth. L. 4-5 mm. ..35. Q. boops Jravh. 



1. Subgenus Ediquus Liuls et Rey. 



1. Q. microps (Jravh. 



(3ravh. Stett. Ent. Ztg. 1847, 213; Thorns. Skand. Col. IX, 166; 

 Muls et Rey Br^vip. 1877, 474; GJanglb. Kaf. !.;. II, 3S6. - chrysurus 

 Kiesw., Kraatz Ins. L. II, 520) 



One of our smaller species, identified by the very small eyes, 

 and simple punctation of scutellum. 



Pitch-brown; head and pronotum shiny; elytra and abdomen finely 

 haired, shiny (or glistening); head black or pitch-black; elytra 

 often reddish-brownish; tip of the abdomen and the posterior mar- 

 gins of its joints yellow-brownish; antennae brown, base of these, 

 and the legs lighter, bro¥;nish-red. 



Head oval; eyes vejry small; temples long and smooth; antennae 

 short, their next-last joint transverse, pronotum scarcely broader 

 than elytra, as long as broad, with two punctate rows, each with 

 three punctures, anteriorly on the dorsum, and with a peculiar, sil- 

 ky, changeable lustre, due to the extremely fine transversally- 



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