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6. Q. fulgldus Fabr. 



(Fabr. I/.ant. Ins. I, 220; Srichs. Kaf. fvik. Br. I, 486; :;en. Spec. 

 Staph. 525, partly; Kraatz Ins.i;. II, 492, partly; Muls. et Rey Brev- 

 ip. 1877, 513; ianglb. Kaf. K. II, 399. - quadrlpunctatus Thorns. Skand. 

 Col. IX, 159). 



Among closely allied species with red elytra particularly distin- 

 guishable by the black base of antennae, also by the number and and 

 position of pronotal side-punctures. 



Black, glistening; head and pronotum with specular shine; elytra 

 and abdomen finely haired; elytra red, very rarely black (v. depau - 

 peratus ^oll.) . posterior margins of abdominal next-last Joints oc- 

 casionally reddish-brownish; antennal first three Joints black, the 

 outer Joints and legs dark- or black-brownish. 



The head is rounded, ground-surface with extremely fine, scat- 

 tered punctation, with more distinctly punctate temples; the hind- 

 most large bristle-bearing puncture of forehead is closer to the eye 

 than to the constriction of the head. The antennae are less robust 

 than in cruentus , and the next-last Joints not strongly transverse. 

 Pronotum is as broad as - or a little broader than elytra, broader 

 than long, slightly depressed on sides, and outside of the usual dor- 

 sal punctate rows with a somewhat irregular or curved punctate side- 

 row, consisting of 3-5 punctures, of which the hindmost is set far- 

 ther back than the large bristle-bearing puncture of side-margin. 

 Elytra are fully as long as pronotum, rather robust, but not dense- 

 ly punctate; abdomen taperin^^ slightly, with fine and rather dense 

 punctation. L. 9-12 mm. 



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