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the head is proportionally large, rounded oval, with labrum cleft 

 at middle; antennae slender, their next-last Joints longer than broad; 

 eyes twice as long as temples; pronotum posteriorly as broad as elytra, 

 anteriorly with the usual dorsal punctures, and a few scattered side- 

 punctures, sides not impressed; elytra as long as pronotum, with den- 

 se and robust punctation; abdomen tapering, of strong metallic, chan- 

 geable color, (page 365) with fine and 



dense punctation; first joint of hind tarsi distinctly longer than the 

 claw-joint, as long as the second and third joint together. L. S-10 mm. 



In the (5^ the fifth and sixth ventral abdominal joints slightly 

 emarginate. 



Distributed and not rare, mainly under leaves on half-damp wood- 

 land ground. North and Middle Europe. 



23. ^. nlgriceps Kr. 



(Kraatz Ins. B. II, 510; Thoms. Skand. Gol. IX, 16S; Muls. et Key 

 Brevip. 1877, 563; Janglb. Kaf. K. II, 407. - ruficollis Steph. 111. 

 Brit. V, S44). 



Recognizable by the color, and by the proportionately long first 

 joint of the hind tarsi. 



-/listening; head and pronotum shiny; elytra and the abdomen hair- 

 ed; the head black; pronotum entirely yellowish-red or brownish at mid- 

 dle; elytra yellowish-red or brownish with lighter margins; abdomen 

 brown or black, posterior margins of joints reddish-yellow; antennae, 

 mouth-parts, and legs reddish yellow. 



The head is rounded, oval with labrum cleft at middle; eyes twice 



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