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 middle broadly incurvate; the curve is membranous and the margin at each 

 side with a short, acute, outwardly directed tooth. 



Distributed in Middle and North Europe, ".'ith us it is local and as 

 a whole rare, but not partial to locality (Aalborg, Panders, Haderslev; 

 Naerum Oredrev; Amager, L'oen.). 



13. Bl. dissimilis Er. 



(Erichs. Jen. Spec. Staph. 76S; Kraatz Ins. D. II, 835; Muls. et 

 Fey Brevip. 1879, 175; ianglb. Kaf. M. II, 622). 



In color, punctation and size etc. very closely allied to crassi - 

 collis , and pronotum like in same not middle-grooved, but at middle-line 



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 smooth, slightly elevated. It differs from said species especially in 

 that: the elytra are somewhat darker, brownish-red, at the suture more 

 or less extensively brownish-black, rarely entirely black, also longer, 

 \ f /i times as long as pronotum. This with a little more isolated punc- 

 tation than in crasslcollis and the surface somewhat more distinctly 

 shagreened. - In the o the sex-characters are mainly^ identical in both 

 species, however the tooth on each side of the incurve of the -sixth 

 ebdominal joint in dissimilis somewhat longer, and curved upward at tip. 

 L. 3.5-4 mm. 



In Middle Europe. In this country heretofore found only at Jjedser 

 (Kmrhr. Fabr. de Tengnagel). Said to particularly favour sandy clay- 

 ground. The form with entirely black elytra, v. nigricans Er. , occur 

 together with the typical form. 



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*)i.e. filled out with membrane. Transl. 



