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

 and abdomen finely haired; elytra brightly red; bace of antennae black, 

 their outer part and the legs brownish, femora oftenest brownish-black. 



The head is transversally rounded, larger and broader in 3^ than 

 in Q ; the forehead's hindmost large, bristle-bearing puncture is pla- 

 ced in middle between the eye and constriction of head; antennae ere 

 short and robust, their outer joints (6-10) strongly transverse; pro- 

 notum broader than elytra, slightly impressed on sides, and outside 

 of the usual dorsal punctate rows, with only a few punctures at fore- 

 margin, and one large, bristle-bearing puncture near the side-margin. 

 Elytra are as long as pronotum, with rather fine and not dense punc- 

 tation; the abdomen with fine and dense punctation. Hind femora on 

 ventral side's inner margin with a row of fine spines, which are par- 

 ticularly distinct in robust C? u . L. 9-11 mm. 



In the O the abdominal sixth ventral joint is emarginate at tip. 



Distributed in North and Middle Europe, but rare; in this country 



most frequent in woodland regions, in hollow trees with bird's nests, 



more rarely in cellars, barns, and outhouses. 



11. Q. mesomelinus Jiarsh. 



(Liarsh. Ent. Brit. 510; Muls. et Rey Br^vip. 1877, 497; ^anglb. 

 Kaf. M. II, 400. - fulgidus var. Erichs. i>en. Spec. Staph. 526; Kraatz 

 Ins. D. II, 492. - temporalis Thoms. Skand. Col. IX, 161). 



A rather variable species, identifiable by the color, and posi- 

 tion of the characteristic bristle-bearing punctures of head and pro- 

 notum. (Fig. 110. S. 349). 



Black, glistening; head and pronotum shiny; elytra and abdomen 



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