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tive joints rather darker ; legs red. Forehead scantily and 

 finely punctured between eyes ; neck alutaceous ; thorax 

 transverse, sides somewhat rounded before middle, sliglitly 

 narrowed in front, disc diffusely, sides more closely punc- 

 tured, curved lateral depressions deep in front ; elytra more 

 than twice as long as thorax, closely but not very strongly 

 punctured; abdomen indistinctly punctured. L. 1| — 2 1. 

 Rather common. H. rip avium, Th. 



B h. Length 1 — 1| lines. 



Black-brown or reddish-brown, rather dull ; sides of 

 body and suture of elytra rust-red ; antennae blackish, with 

 first six joints red. Head finely reticulated and tolerably 

 closely punctured, with feeble depressions ; thorax trans- 

 verse, a little narrowed behind, sides rounded, disc with 

 four depressions, the two hinder ones larger, posterior 

 angles impressed ; elytra twice as long as thorax, tolerably 

 strongly punctured and longitudinally wrinkled ; abdomen 

 closely and finely punctured. Not common. 



H. Allardi, Fairm. 



b h. Forehead with two deep longitudinal 

 depressions before ocelli. 



Black, rather shiny ; elytra pitch-brown ; antennae and 

 legs red-brown, former generally darker at base. Punctua- 

 tion of fore parts close and rather fine, abdomen impunctate ; 

 thorax more than half as broad again as long, sides gently 

 rounded, slightly narrowed in front, depressions on disc 

 oblong ovate, strong. L. 1^ — 1|- 1. Common. 



H. fossulatum., Er. 



c c. Forehead with two small deep longitudinal 

 impressed lines before ocelli. 



A a. Thorax red-brown ; elytra scarcely 

 twice as long as thorax. 



Red-brown, rather shiny ; head black. Fore parts closely 

 punctured. Broader than IT. caesum ; sides of thorax less 

 rounded, narrowed behind, depressions on disc strong. L. 

 1 — 1-^ 1. Rather common. ff. nigriccps, Kies. 



JB b. Thorax black ; elytra distinctly twice 

 as long as thorax. 



Black, not very shiny ; elytra dark brown ; antennae 

 yellowish-brown, base blackish ; legs yellow, runctuation 



