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head with two short, deep furrows (united behind) between 

 eyes ; thorax almost cylindrical, as long as broad, very 

 finely and scantily punctured, with a little depression 

 before scutellum ; elytra oblong-ovate, with fine, rather 

 indistinctly punctured striae. L. 1 1. Rather common. 



A. confluens, Kirby. 



b &. Forehead with four or five striae between 



eyes. 



Black, not very convex, bare ; elytra of male black, of 



female violet. Head with four or five striae between eyes ; 



thorax cylindrical, in middle smooth, sides punctured ; 



elytra ovate, with fine punctured striae. L. 1;^ 1. Eare. 



A. laevigatum, Kirby. 

 c c. Forehead without furrows or striae. 

 A a. Thorax transverse. 



A 1, Antennae entirely black. 



a 1, Shoulders of elytra obtusely pro- 

 minent; length 1 line. 



Black, with scanty gray pubescence. Head and thorax 



strongly punctured, latter distinctly broader than long, sides 



rounded, narrowed in front ; elytra much broader than thorax, 



shoulders obtusely prominent, with deep punctured furrows, 



interstices flat. Moderately common. A. vicinum, Kirby. 



h 1, Shoulders of elytra bluntly 



rounded; length f line. 



Very similar to A. vicinum but with closer and longer 



pubescence, rostrum longer and more curved, sides of thorax 



more rounded, elytra rather narrower. Moderately common. 



A. atomarium, Kirby, 



B 1, Antennae more or less yellow-brown. 



a 1. Rostrum shiny and very finely 

 punctured. 

 Similar to A. fiavimanum but with thorax rather shorter 

 and not so closely punctured, interstices on elytra not so 

 dull. Antennae of female yellow-brown at base, of male 

 entirely yellow-brown, except club ; legs of female entirely 

 black, much stouter than in A. fiavimanum, with wider 

 tarsi, of male with femora (especially anterior pair) very 

 robust and all tibiae marked with yellow-brown near base. 

 L. 4 1. Rare. A. annulipcs, Wenck. 



