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12. Antennal base reddish; legs yellowish-red. L. 4-4.5 mm 



9. Bl. fractlcornls Payk. 



Antennae entirely pitch-brown; legs brownish-red with darker femo- 

 ral base. L. 3-3.5 mm 10. Bl. femoralls iyllh. 



13. Elytra red, very little longer than pronotum, latter rather densely 



punctated. L. 3.5-4 mm 12. Bl. crassicollis Lac. 



Elytra brownish-red with dark suture, lj times as long as pronotumr 



L- 3.5»4 .ram 13. Bl. dissimilis Er. 



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14. Pronotum at middle-line not or only feebly suggested grooved 15. 



Pronotum finely, yet sharply middle-grooved..... 17. 



15. Elytra 1 '/• times as long as pronotum; this broadly cordate, with 



very fine and scattered punctation. L. 3.5-4 mm.: 14. Bl.erratlcus Er. 

 Elytra not or scarcely longer than pronotum.... 16. 



16. Head and pronotum rather dull, the latter sometimes with suggested 



middle-groove. L. 2-2.5 mm 15. Bl. pusillus Er. 



Head and pronotum as well as the rest of the body rather glistening. 

 L. 2-2.5 mm 16. Bl. pygmaeus Er. 



17. Pronotum nearly twice as broad as long ( Hesperophilus Thorns.). El- 



ytra yellow with black base and suture. L. 3-3.5 mm 



17. Bl. arenarius Payk. 



Pronotum very little broader than long 18. 



18. Elytra together as broad as long, darkly metallic-blue ( Astycops Thorns.) 



L. 4.5-5 mm 16. Bl. talpa iyllh. 



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