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4. 0. vittata Mark. 



(Mark. Term. Ztschr. V. 219; Kreatz Ins. D. 11, 163; Thorns. Skand. 

 Col. IX, 246; r/.uls. et Fey Bre'vip. 1874, 241; IJanglb. Kaf. M. II, 62). 



Mainly identified by length and color of elytra. 



Father narrowly fusiform, finely and densely gray-haired, somewhat 

 glistening. Pitch-black; ground color of the elytra brownish-yellow, 

 but a large triangular spot around scutellum and along the suture is 

 together v;ith ^ides and hind corners so extensively pitch-brown or pitch- 

 black, that only a brownish-yellow - oftenest rather narrow oblique stripe 

 from the humeri to the lowest sutural corners becomes more outstanding; 

 antennnl base is brownish, mouth-parts and legs yellowish-red. 



Forebody is densely and very finely punctated; antennae a little short- 

 er thin in lividipennis and lon^^cipes , their third joint as long as, or a 

 little longer than the second, the fourth and fifth es broad as long, the 

 the middle bnd next-last ones most often feebly transverse. Pronotum is 

 posteriorly a little narrower than elytra, narrowing anteriorly with slight- 

 ly rounded sides and obtuse hind corners, feebly convex with e smell trans- 

 versal fovea before scutollum and occasionally a feeble groove in middle- 

 line. Elytra are proportionately longer th-^n in the other species of this 

 subgenus, 1^ times as long as pronotum, their posterior margin inside the 

 outer corners strongly incurved. Abdomen taperinj, with Extremely fine and 

 extremely dense punctation right to the tip, greyieh eilky shine. Hind tar- 

 si are hardly as long es tibiae, their first Joirt as long as the three fol- 

 lowing joints together. L. 4-5 mm. 



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