Rliipipli®ru§ paradoxus, Linne. 
BL elongcdus , niger , nitidus, subtiliter ruguloso- 
punctatus, capite transverso, vertice plano, thorace 
latitudine longiore , angustato , postice trilobo, lobis 
lateralibus acute productis, testaceis, dorso pro- 
funde canaliculato, elytris sutura hiantibus, po- 
stice attenuatis , singulatim rotundatis, abdomine 
testaceo,pedibus nigris, gracilibus,femoribus anticis 
extus emarginatis , tibiis posterioribus spinis binis 
armatis, unguiculis testaceis , apice bidentatis. — 
Long. 8,0—15,0 mm. 
Mas: nigro, thoracis angulis posticis abdo - 
mineque rufo-testaceis, elytrorum apice , ventrali 
segmento 1° margine postico anoque nigris , an- 
tennis biflabellatis . 
Var . a Gradli : elytris abdomineque toto 
rufo-testaceis . 
Far. & : abdomine subtus nigro, supra testaceo. 
Var. cf abdominalis Gradl in Katter 
Entom. Nachrichten 1882 p. 326. 
Var . c: abdomine toto nigro. 
Var . cf nigriventris Gradl. L c. 
Var. d: elytris fuscis, postice nigris , thorace 
fere nigro , angulis posticis fuscis, abdomine nigro . 
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