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 as pronotum, finely and very densely punctated, their posterior mar^jln 

 inside the outer corners rather stronjly incurvedLj abdomen only feebly 

 tapering, anteriorly very finely and especially densely, posteriorly notice- 

 ably less densely punctated, and here provided with numerous outstanding 

 bristles. The first joint of hind tarsi is as long as the three following 

 joints together. L. 3.5-4 mm. 



Distributed on hijh sandy or gravelly ground, and here not rare under 

 stones, moss, at root of plants, e. g. Artemisia bushes, often blown down 

 in sand holes. 



19. 0. abdominalis Mannh. 



(Mannh. Brach. es ; Erichs. Kaf. Mk. Br. I, 34C; Jen. Spec. Staph. 146; 

 Kraatz Ins. t. II, 172; Thorns. Skand. Col. Ill, 22; Janglb. Kaf. M. II, 

 73. - occulta Jrimm, Stett. Entom. Ztg. 1845, 132). 



In combination with color, namely recognized by the distinctly taper- 

 ing form of abdomen and all over especially dense and fine punctation. 



Narrowly fusiform, very Tinely, densely haired, feeble or modulated 

 shine; head and abdomen black or brownish black, tip of abdomen and often 

 also posterior margins of its Joints reddish; pronotum and elytra yellow- 

 ish-red or broiAnish-red, most often with blackish reflection; antennae 

 rust-red, their base, and the legs reddish-yellow. 



The head with fine, dense punctation; antennae slightly thickened dis- 

 tally, their third joint most often a little shorter than the second, some- 

 times as long as this, the next-last ones not strongly, yet distinctly 

 transverse. Pronotum is rather large, as broad as elytra, hardly Ij times 

 as broad as long, narrowing anteiiorly and somewhat compressed, rather con- 



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