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 nized by the punctate scutellum, and mainly also by the comparative- 

 ly long third joints of the antennae. 



Fusiform, black; head and pronotum with specular shine; elytra 

 black or blackish-brown, very finely haired, feebly glistening; ab- 

 domen of metallic changeable coloring, with very fine grayish-black 

 hair; antennae, mouth-parts, and legs reddish-yellow. 



The head is oval, with very large eyes and very short temples; 

 labrum at middle with feeble emargination; antennae rather slender, 

 their third Joint considerably longer than the second; pronotum po- 

 steriorly as broad as elytra, forwardly rather strongly narrowing; 

 elytra as long as pronotum, and together with scutellum and the smooth- 

 ly tapering abdomen with particularly fine and dense punctation. The 

 first joint of hind tarsi distinctly longer than the claw-joint. L. 

 7-9 mm. 



Distributed in "^est and Middle Europe. It is here very rare and 



local (Hvedholm Lyrehave, Kaaborg, under foliage, superintendent of 



schools Jorgensen 8. 1900, a few specimens; ".'. Ulslev, Loll., Pastor 



J. M>)ller 5. 1911). 



34. Q. picipennis Heer. 



(Heer Faun. Helv. I, 279; Janglb. Kaf. K. II, 411. - attenuatus 

 iyllh. Ins. Suec. II, 311; Erichs. Kaf. Mk. Er. I, 493; ien. Spec. 

 Staph. 546; Kraatz Ins. :::. II, 515; Thorns. Skand. Col. II, 179; Muls. 

 et Rey Erevip. 1877, 642). 



A somewhat fusiform species with oval head and especially fine and 

 dense punctation, feebly or dully shining abdomen. 



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