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1. 0. punctulatus ioeze. 



(ioeze Ent. Beitr. I, 1777, 730; .langlb. Kaf. I.". II, 46S. - fulvi - 

 pennis Fabr. Knt. Syst. I, 2, 537; Eriohs. Kaf. Mk. Br. I, 420; Jen. 

 Spec. Staph. 295; Kraatx Ins. B. II, 654; Thorns. Skand. Col. II, 185; 

 Mult., et Key Brevip. 1877, C) . 



Easily identified by the size, and by the color of elytra. 



Black, glistening; head and pronotum polished; elytra, abdomonal tip, 

 f antennae, mouth-parts and le^s more or less clearly brov.nish-red , el- 

 ytra and abdomen with fine brov.nish hair. Sides of pronotum, and the 

 posterior margins of abdominal joints are often reddish-brown. 



The head (Fig. 122) is as broad as pronotum, oblon^-oval, on sides 

 with scattered and somewhat uneven, robust punctation, and anterioly 

 with a feeble transversal impression between the eyes; antennae short- 

 er than head and pronotum together, their third Joint almost i time 

 longer than the second, the next-last Joints rather strongly transverse; 

 pronotum as broad as the elytra, l/Z longer than broad, posteriorly 

 scarcely narrowed, and vith distinctly ridged side-margins, the punc- 

 tures in the dorsal rows large. Elytra are a little shorter than pro- 

 notum, v.ith scattered and rather robust punctation; abdomen finely, 

 and anteriorly rather dense, posteriorly scattered punctation. In both 

 sexes the fore-tarsi are rather strongly dilated. L. 11-14 mm. 



In the <?^ the abdominal sixth ventral Joint at tip very slightly 

 emarginated, the seventh strongly roundedly ecafginate. 



Distributed in Europe, and mostly on forest-ground is frequent 

 here, under moss and leaves. 



The larva of 0. punctulatus in the form of head and pronotum Is 



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