(Pase 429) 

 Yellowish-red or reddish-brown; head and pronotum polished; elytra 

 and abdomen 'jlistenin^, scattered hair-vesti ture; the head and elytra, 

 except for the humeri, also the abdominal fourth and fifth dorsal Joints 

 black, often reddish-brown; antennae, mouth-parts, and lejs reddish-yel- 



1 OVv . 



The head broadly square, as broad as pronotum, or broader {o ), 

 with prominent mpndibles, small, a little protruding eyes, rather long 

 temples with simple punctation, and rounded-off corners, between the 

 eyes with a transversal row of 4 punctures, of which the outmost on each 

 side are placed close to the eye, or in broad-headed OO some distance 

 from the eye; the antennae longer than the head, rather robust, slight- 

 ly thickened outvjardly, their third Joint distinctly longer than the 

 second, the next-last Joints rather strongly transverse. Pronotum a lit-. 

 le narrower than elytra, posteriorly feebly narrowing, nearly 1^^ times 

 as long as broad, with exception of a few (in T^nus-description menti- 

 oned) dorsal and marginal punctures, without punctation and smooth; 

 elytra as long as pronotum, somewhat convex and with deep sutural groove, 

 with fine and scattered punctation, background-surface smooth; abdom- 

 inal Joints on sides with fine, and more or less scattered punctation. 

 L . 6-8 mm . 



In the o the heed is more often broader than in the ^ and fore- 

 tarsi more strongly dilated, abdominal sixth ventral joint feebly emar- 

 glnate. 



Distributed in Europe; in this country mostly in wooded regions. 



