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 as long as temples, which are finely and densely punctate; antennae 

 slender, their next-last joints as long as broad; pronotum posteri- 

 orly as broad as elytra, as long as broad; elytra hardly longer than 

 pronotum, with dense an rather fine punctation; abdomen tapering, of- 

 tenest of strongly metallic changeable color, with somewhat finer, 

 but particularly posteriorly, hardly as dense punctation as elytra; 

 first joints of hind tarsi noticeably longer than the claw-joint, as 

 long as the three middle joints together. L. 7-8. fj mm. 



The joints of fore-tarsi of the o^more strongly dilated than of O ; 

 sixth ventral abdominal joint is at tip smoothened and slightly emar- 

 ginate. 



Cistributed, but rather rare; mostly on high woodland ground, un- 

 der leaves, and lichen. North and Middle Europe. 



24. Q. fumatus Steph. 



(Steph. 111. Brit. V. 24£>; ianglb. Kaf. M. II, 406. - peltatus 

 Erichs. 'ien. Spec. Staph. 540; Kraatz Ins. D. II, 507; Thorns. Skand. 

 Col. IX, 169; Muls. et Rey Brevip. 1877, 571). 



A fusiform, rather flat species, distinguished by, and easily re- 

 cognized by the finely shagreened, dully shining elytra. 



Black, or pitch-black; head and pronotum shiny; elytra feebly, ab- 

 domen strongly glistening, both finely haired; elytral and pronotral 

 sides brown; antennae, mouth-parts, and legs brown- or yellow-red, the 

 hindmost tibiae metallic-shining. 



The head rounded, proportionally small; eyes rather convex, twice 

 as long as the temples; antennae slender, their middle joints distinct- 

 ly, the next-last joints but very little longer than broad; pronotum 



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