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 finely haired; antennae toward the tip, and the tarsi brownish. 

 In the teneral animals the pronotum, often also elytra, and poste- 

 rior margin of abdominal joints brownish-red, antennae and legs 

 lighter. 



The head of ^ is oval, that of :^ transverse and larger; the 

 forehead's hindmost large, bristle-bearing puncture is closer to the 



eye than to the constriction of head; (Page 359) 



the temples are sparsely punctate; antennal outer Joints not strong- 

 ly transverse. Pronotum is as broad as - or broader than elytra, with 

 more or less impression on sides, and outside of the usual dorsal 

 punctate rows, with only a few side-punctures close to the fore-mar- 

 gin, none of these are placed farther back than the large, bristle- 

 bearing puncture of side-margin. Klytra are somewhat longer than pro- 

 notum, with rather fine and dense punctation, abdomen with fine and 

 dense punctation, tapering posteriorly. L. 9-11 mm. 



In the S* the abdominal sixth ventral Joint smoothened at tip, 

 feebly impressed and emarginate. 



Distributed everywhere, and common here in hollow trees, plant- 

 fertilizer, under leaves and fagot, in outhouses, stables, bakeries, 

 and cellars, where the larva also often is found. One variety with 

 brownish elytra, and a small puncture close to the eye's posterior 

 margin (v. Janneri ) is rare. (Aalborg in a cellar). - j« mesomelinus 

 is one of the most widely distributed guedid . found not only in the 

 entire Europe, but also in Greenland, N. America, Peru, New Zeeland, 

 and Australia. 



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