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 well as pronotal and elytral sides beset with stiff, outstanding brist- 

 les; antennal outer Joints feebly transverse. Pronotum is a little 

 broader than ejytra, and has feebly impressed sides, outside of the 

 usual dorsal punctate row a somewhat irregular row with 4-5 punctures, 

 of which the hindmost is set farther back than the large, bristle- 

 bearing puncture of the side-margin; scutellum is simple, and some- 

 times also feebly punctate; elytra as long as pronotum, rather robust.ly, 



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 but not densely punctate, occasionally with feebly changeable color. 

 L. 8-10 mm. 



In the <y the abdominal sixth ventral joint with deep emarginati- 

 on at tip. 



Distributed in '.'iddle Europe and England, everywhere rare and 



local. In this country it is found particularly at outflowing sap 



of the alder tree, but is also found in hollow trees, and under the 



bark of dead tree-trunks, and its northern boundary is seemingly here 



and in Skaane. (Cyrehaven, Bognaes, Frederiksvaerk, Naestved; i^- 



holt in Lolland; Py and several places). 



10. ^. brevicornis Thorns. 



(Thorns. Skand. Col. II, 175; Muls. et Pey Br^vip. 1877, 492; Sanglb. 

 Kaf. iV. II, 398.- Sppelsheimi Seidl. Fn. Bait., Ed. II, 398). 



Among the closest allied species with red elytra, this species 

 can be identified by the position of the characteristic bristle-bear- 

 ing punctures of head and pronotum, and by finely spiniferous poste- 

 rior femora. 



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