(Pa^-e 383) 



9. St. ophthalmicu s Scop. 



(Scop. Ent. Gam. 99; ianglb. Kaf. M. II, 431. - cyaneus Tayk. 

 Mon. Staph. 13; Erichs. Kaf. Mk. Br. I, 44C; ien Spec. Staph. 4C5; 

 Kraatz Ins. E. II, 555; Thorns. Slcand. Col. II, 147; ti'.uls. et Rey 

 Br^vip. 1877, 13v). 



Black, somewhat glistening, with fine black hair; head, prono- 

 tum, and elytra darkly blue or greenish-blue; antennae brownish to- 

 ward the tip. 



The head is square, as broai as pronotum and together with this 

 very densely and finely punctate, and like same also most often with 

 a feeble, or only suggested sciooth middle-line; temples much longer 

 than eyes, with rounded off temple-corners; antennae rather slender, 

 feebly thinned outwardly; pronotum about as long as broad, and as 

 broad and long as elytra, these with especially dense, fine punctati- 

 on, somewhat dull; the abdomen with very dense and fine punctation; 

 tht outer margin of fore-tibiae with robust spines. L. 18-20 mm. 



In the S' the sixth ventral abdominal Joint feebly emarginate at 

 tip. 



Distributed in Europe, but rare or very rare in this country, on 



high heather^ or f orest'-ground. (Silkeborg, SkiJrping, Ilarboore; Tis- 



vilde, Ilornbaek, Bognaes; Bornholm) . 



10. St. similis Fabr. 



(Fabr. Bnt. Syst. I, 2, 521; Krichs. Kaf. ivlk. Br. I, 440; 5en. 

 Spec. Staph. 408; Kraatz Ins. D. II, 556; Thorns. Skand. Gol. II, 140; 

 !.;ul6 et Rey Bre'vip. 1377, 14?,; ianglb. Kaf. V.. II, 431). 



Among the closely allied black species easily identified by the 



long temples and peculiar short elytra. 



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