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One of our largest species, smoothly convex, and of rather even 

 breadth, and like the two following with undivided, rounded labrum; 

 In relation to these particularly identifiable by the scutellum which 

 is smooth without punctation. 



Black, glistening; head and pronotum shiny; elytra and the ab- 

 domen with fine black hair; antennae and mouth-parts rust-red, the 

 first three antennal Joints often black on dorsal side; legs pitch- 

 black with brownish-red tarsi. 



The head is broadly oval; labrum entire with rounded fore-margin, 

 the forehead anteriorly with two or three punctures on each side, so 

 that they form a transversal row of 4-6 punctures across the forehead, 

 the outmost of these punctures at inner margin of eye, is the fore- 

 most large bristle-bearing puncture of the forehead, occasionally this 

 alone is found. The eyes are very large, three times as long as the 

 temples, convex; antennae rather slender, their next-last joints hard- 

 ly as broad as long. Pronotum is posteriorly fully as broad as elytra, 

 outside of the usual dorsal punctate row with 2-3 rowed punctures on 

 the sides anteriorly; scutellum is without punctation and smooth; the 

 elytra scarcely longer than pronotum, with rather robust and very , 

 dense, slightly scabrous punctation, with modulated shine; abdomen 

 with dense and rather fine punctation, often of metallic changeable 

 color. L. 10-12 mm 



In the (3* the fifth ventral abdominal ^oint feebly, the sixth deep- 

 ly emarginated, and in front of the emargination smoothed. 



Distributed in Europe on damp ground, and here it is rather com- 

 mon everywhere. 



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