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38 (.36) Elytra with erect setae. 



34 (85) Rostrum with the dorsal cariiia3 



feeble ; terminal joints of antennae 

 much longer than broad ; prothorax 

 not narrower at base than at apex . . tioxiits, Fst., p. 271. 



35 (34) Rostrum with distinct dorsal carinje ; 



terminal joints of anteun?e only 

 slightlj- longer than broad ; pro- 

 thorax slightly narrower at base 

 than at apex limfnitus, sp. n., p. 270. 



36 (33) Elytra with minute recumbent setpe . . //rac/ii/deroides, Uesbr., 



37 (32) Rostrum not dilated at the apex ; [p. 272. 



prothorax transverse and without 

 dorsal impressions. 



38 (39) Eyes lateral and convex, the forehead 



twice as broad as the length of the 

 eye ; prothorax strongly transverse, 

 only slightly longer than the head 

 (without rostrum) penussus, Est., p. 272. 



39 (38) Eyes subdorsal, almost plane, the fore- 



head as broad as the length of the 

 eye ; prothorax slishtly transverse, 

 much longer than the head planoculis, sp. n , p. 273. 



40 (9) The dorsal intervals on the elytra 



irregular and with low ridges and 

 tubercles : scutellum present ; eyes 

 dorsal, the forehead not broader 

 than the width of the eye noclulosus. Est., p. 273. 



228. Ptochus liorridulus, Fst. 



PtocJms horridulus, Eaust,* Deut. Ent. Zeit. 1897, p. 354. 



Colour black, with uniform dense dull green scaling. 

 Bead with the eyes lateral and only slightly convex, the fore- 

 head with no central stria, liostrum comparatively narrow, as 



Fig. 81. — Ptochiis horridulus, Fst. 



long as broad, not dilated at the apex, the sides almost straight 

 and parallel, the upjier surface without carina? and with a shallow 



