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b 1, Antennae loni,' and robust, six 

 penultimate joints becoming sliglitly 

 broader and longer toward apex ; 

 body longer. 



Elongate. Blackish-brown ; abdomen with apex and 

 margins of ventral segments red-brown ; antennae brownish, 

 their base and the legs yellow-red. Thorax slightly convex, 

 one-third broader than long, with a slight basal depression ; 

 elytra one-third longer than thorax; abdomen extremely 

 closely and finely punctured, scarcely narrowed toward 

 apex. L. 14 1. Common. 0. longinscula, Gr. 



H 1, Antennae unicolorous black. 



Elongate, nearly parallel-sided. Black, rather dull, with 

 thin silky pubescence ; antennae and legs pitch-black, 

 latter with knees and tarsi scarcely lighter. Elytra rather 

 flat. Colour rather deeper black than in 0. hntula, an- 

 tennae longer, with joints not quite so transverse, thorax 

 not so wide, elytra longer, head rather more parallel-sided, 

 and tarsi (especially posterior pair) longer and thinner : 

 antennae shorter and slighter than in 0. longmscula, with 

 joints less conic. L. 1\ 1. Eare. 0. r up i col a, Eye. 



jB h. Elytra not or scarcely longer than 

 thorax. 



A 1. Thorax nearly twice as broad as 

 long ; body rather dull. 



Broad. Black, dull ; elytra and apex of abdomen dark 

 brown ; antennae pitch-black, base lighter ; legs pitch- 

 brown, femora darker. Thorax only slightly narrowed in 

 front, not very convex, with central furrow and basal 

 depression ; abdomen not long, very slightly narrowed 

 behind, extremely closely and finely punctured throughout. 

 L. 1^ 1. Moderately common. 0. hntula, Er. 



J5 1, Thorax half as broad again as long ; 

 body more shiny. 



Black, rather shiny ; base of antennae, thorax, and elytra 

 brownish ; legs yellowish. Thorax and elytra finely and 

 closely punctured but rather shiny, former with a very 

 indistinct central furrow ; abdomen only slightly narrowed 

 behind, extremely closely and finely punctured but not 

 altoirether dull. Differinj^ from 0. lentula in its lighter 



