(Pa^e 446) 



5. Elytra red or brownish-red and at base at larjjer or smaller exten* 



sion black, or black with brownish suture and posterior margin: 6. 

 Elytra entirely black 9. 



6. Head all over with dense, even and coarse punctation. L. 6-7 mm 



4, L. rufipenne Jyllh. 



Head on sides with rather fine and dense, at middle more sparse punc- 

 tation 7. 



7. Abdominal sixth ventral joint in the o with a longitudinal groove 



in middle line, which on the sides are bordered with closely set 

 black hair, and terminates in a more or less distinct incision 



(Fig. 139 and 130) 8. 



Abdominal sixth ventral joint in the O not, or only with a feeble 

 longitudinal groove, and without arranged rows of hair, at tip 

 with obtuse angular incision. L. g-9 mm.... 5. L. fulvipenne 5ravh. 



8. Abdominal sixth ventral joint in the O in tip between hair-rows with 



acute angular incision. Elytra distinctly longer and broader than 



pronotum. L. 8-9 mm 6. L. elon^atum Linn. 



Abdominal sixth ventral joint in the 6 in tip between hair-rows only 

 feebly incurved . 2llytra scarcely longer than pronotum. L. 8-9 mm. 

 7. L. :;eminum Kr. 



9. The head noticeably a little narrower than pronotum 10. 



The head at least as broad as pronotum 11« 



10. Legs ordinarily of a clear yellowish-red. Species large. L. 8-10 mm. 



.,... 8. L. brunnipes Fabr. 



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