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 In the & the fore-tarsi are more strongly dilated than in the a , and 

 in the latter the elytra are posteriorly more obliquely rounded off inward 

 toward the sutural corners than in the O; sutural corners however not pro- 

 duced. 



Distributed in Middle and North Europe. In this country rare (North 

 Sjaelland, Falster; Pis Forest at Aarhus, Taps at Kolding, Rjtfdekro in North 

 Sleswick), in flowers. 



5. A. sorbi iyllh. 



(Jyllh. Ins. Suec. II, 206; Erichs. Kaf. Mk. Br. I, 640; Jen. Spec. Staph. 

 895; Kraatz Ins. D. II, 1018; Thorns. Skand. Col. Ill, 203; Fey Ere'vip. 1880, 

 335; Janglb. Kaf. M. II, 752. - ophthalmicum iravh. Won. 216 and testaceum 

 (Jravh. Mon. 218). 



Very short and small, smallest species of the genus. 



Peddish-yellow with straw-yellow elytra, rather glistening; abdomen ex- 

 tremely finely, sparsely haired; abdomen in the o clack or brown; antennal 

 club brownish; eyes black. 



Head and pronotum extremely feebly, indistinctly punctated, but the 

 surface densely shagreened, foveae of forehead indistinct, antennae thick- 

 ened distally; pronotum nearly twice as broad as long, narrower than elytra, 

 the sides slightly rounded, posteriorly very feebly impressed, dorsum 

 elsewhere slightly convex; elytra more than twice as long as pronotum, pos- 

 teriorly broadened, rather densely and finely punctated; abdominal tip with 

 extremely fine, scarcely visible, scattered punctation. L. 1.5-2 mm. 



In the (3* the fore-tarsi are more strongly dilated than in the £ , and 

 femora distinctly thickened, abdomen black, and the sutural angle of elytra 

 right, in thep rounded off. 



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