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Black; head and pronotum shiny, most often with feeble metallic 

 reflection; elytra and abdomen finely and densely haired; elytra pitch- 

 brown v<ith feeble bronze-lustre, lighter toward the posterior margin; 

 antennae, mouth-parts, and legs reddish yellow; hind femora and hind 

 tibiae sometimes dark. 



Head oval, with large eyes and very short temples; the antennal 

 third joint only a little longer than the second; pronotum posterior- 

 ly as broad as elytra, narrowing anteriorly; elytra as long as prono- 

 tum, as well as scutellum with very fine and dense punctation; abdomen 

 tapering, with especially fine and dense punctation, dully shining, 

 often of feeble metallic changeable color. First Joint of hind tarsi 

 as long as the claw-joint. L. 5-6 mm. 



In the <y the fore-tarsi are more strongly dilated than in the j^ . 



Distributed, but rare or very rare; on sandy seashores (Halk Strand, 



Samso, Boto, i'ano, and several other places) also on dry forest ground 



(Frederiksdal , iribskov, and several places). North and Middle iurope. 



35. V . b p s iravh. 



(3ravh. Uicr. 21; Erichs. Kaf. L^k. br. I, 494; Jen. Spec. Staph. 

 548; Kraatz Ins. D. II, 516; Thorns. Skand. Col. II, 179; t'uls. et Rey 

 Bre'vip. 1877, 651; 3anglb. Kaf. V.. II, 412). 



Narrower, of more even breadth, and most often smaller than the 

 preceding species, with more rounded, proportionately broader head, 

 and less densely punctated abdomen. 



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

 men finely haired; the elytra often brownish; antennae, mouth-parts, 



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