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Black, rather glistening, finely haired; elytra brownish-yellow with 

 a large, black, triangular , sharply bounded spot around scutellum and 

 along the suture, also with black sides and hind corners, whereby the 

 yellow color at middle becomes more sharply defined; antennae entirely 

 black or brownish-black; legs brov.nish yellow with darker femora. 



Rather slender and evenly broad, head indistinctly punctated; anten- 

 nae rather slender, feebly thickened toward tip, their second and third 

 joints of same length, the fourth as long as broad, narrower than the fifth, 

 the middle and next-last jOints about of same length, feebly transverse, 

 distal Joint about as long as the two next-last joints together, tapering. 

 Pronotum a little narrower than elytri, hardly It times as broad as long, 

 with anteriorly slightly rounded, posteriorly more straight sides, finely 

 and rather densely punctated, ana most often v,ith ^ feeble transverse fo- 

 vea posteriorly before scutellum; elytra amply //:5 longer than pronotum, 

 rather finely and densely punctated; abdomen evenly broad, its first three 

 free dorsal .joints with fine and scattered punctation, the two following 

 almost smooth. L. 3.5 mm. 



In the o the posterior margin of the sixth free dorsal joint of ab- 

 domen finely serrated the outer tooth at each side somewhat larger than 

 the others; the next-last ventral joint a little elongate and rounded off 

 at tip. In the O the same joints are at middle feebly incurved. (Kraatz 

 and Sharp). 



This speciet is heretofore not found in Denmark; but as it is mainly 

 a coastal form and occurs at the Jerman coast of the Baltic, under sea- 



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