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Black, glistening, rather sparsely haired; posterior half of the el- 

 ytra red, abdominal tip brownish; antennal base, mouth-parts, and legs 

 yellowish-red. 



The head with fine and scattered punctation, its temples and ^enae 

 entirely mar^inated; antennal outer Joints (C-lo) less strongly trans- 

 verse than in reptans ; pronotura distinctly narrower than elytra, with 

 rather fine and isolated, far less dense punctation then in the preceding 

 species, its sides endowed with a fev^ long bristles; posterior margin in 

 the cT^at middle slightly tumid and feebly incurved^ Elytra a little lon- 

 ger than pronotum, rather finely and not densely punctated; abdomen an- 

 teriorly with rather robust and dense, posteriorly scattered punctation, 



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 the fifth free aorsal joint in the most often with fine granulose punc- 

 tation. L. 2.5-3 mm. 



Distributed in Ivliddle Europe; in this country heretofore only found 

 sparsely in tne forests of Lolland-Falster (Kmrhr. Fabritius-Tengnagel , 

 4. SI, 5. 92). 



2. Division lilyrmedoniina . 

 The head is not snout-like produced; maxillary palpi most often rather 

 short, their second and third joints as a rule not strikingly elongated; 

 fore-tarsi 4-Jointed, middle- and gind-tarsi E-jointed. 



Key to tJenera. 

 1. thirst three free dorsal abdominal joints at aidet with yellowish tofts 



of hair. Pronotal sides broadly turned upward 2. 



First three free dorsal abdominal joints not with huir-tofts at side. 

 Pronotal sides not broadly upturned at sides 3. 



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