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Kraatz Ins. E. II, 58; Thorns. Skand. Col. II, 274; Muls. et Bey Br.^vip. 

 1874, 4C2; ianglb. Kaf. M. II, 89.- var. rufo-plcea Kraatz- Ins. D. II, 59; 

 Thorns. Skand. Gol. IX, 226). 



Next to those for the subgenus determining characters this species is, 

 in relation to the following, identifiable especially by the color and gloss 

 of the body. 



Glistening, finely haired; most often yellowish-red; the head and a 

 bahd before the reddish-yellow tip of abdomen pitch-brown or pitch-black; 

 antennae, mouth-parts, and legs reddlsh-yellov. In a darker form var. 

 rufo-picea Kr. , the pronotal posterior margins nearly pitch-brown and the 

 elytra brownish-red, darkly shaded around scutellum and at posterior cor- 

 ners. 



Body rather narrov;, somewhat tapering anteriorly and posteriorly; the 

 head very finely punctated, somewhat narrower than pronotura; antennae slight- 

 ly thickened distally, their third joint a little shorter than the second, 

 the next-last ones twice as broad as long, pronotum distinctly narrower than 

 elytra, Ij times as broad as long, feebly narrowing anteriorly with slight- 

 ly rounded sides, _-_---_ (Page 45) deflected fore- 

 corners and obtuse-angular hind corners, convex, finely, but not densely 

 punctated, most often with a feeble transversal fovea before scutellum. 

 Elytra amply '/^ longer than pronotum, rather robust and dense scabrous punc- 

 tation, their posterior margin Inside the outer corners shortly incurved; 

 abdomen tapering posteriorly, its fourth free dorsal Joint depressed at 

 base together with the first three, Lut hardly as deeply as these; the 

 three foremost dorsal Joints rather robustly and densely punctated, the 



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