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Head, pronotura and elytra extremely finely shagreened in surface; the 

 head rather large, broadly rounded, v;ith sli^jhtly protruding eyes, nar- 

 rower than pronotum, convex, finely and densely punctated, with one, a? 

 a rule, distinct groove or elongate fovea at middle; the antennae long 

 and rather robust, somewhat thickened distally, their second and third 

 joints elongated, of same length, the middle ones distinctly longer than 

 broad, the next-last very feebly transverse, distal Joint twice as long 

 as the tenth, oblong-oval, tapering. Pronotum is much narrower than el- 

 ytra, as long as broad, posteriorly distlncly narrowing and with anteri- 

 orly rounded sides, slightly convex, with particularly fine, dense punc- 

 tation, and with a most often alstinct longitudinal groove at middle- 

 line, which anteriorly is not reaching to fore-margin , and posteriorly 

 ends in a small transverse fovea before the scutellum; elytra a little 

 longer than pronotum, broadest posteriorly, particularly finely and dense- 

 ly punctated; abdomen more glistening than the forebody, posteriorly dis- 

 tinctly tapering, Its first four free dorsal joints finely and densely 

 punctated, the fifth almost smooth and not longer than the fourth. First 

 three joints of hind tarsi are somewhat elongate and about of same length. 

 L. 4-4.5 mm. 



In the o' the fifth free dorsal Joint of abdomen at middle posteriorly 

 with a fine, yet distinct carina, the sixth in posterior margin with four 

 small, occasionally somewhat indletinct teeth or spines. The next-last 

 ventral joint is somewhat elongate and rounded off at tip (Fig. 64). 



Distributed In North and fUddle Europe; in this country rare or very 



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