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2. Scutellum not grooved: 2. Subgenus Anaultxcaspis Janglb 4. 



3. Elytra distinctly lon^;er than pronotum, very finely and rather dense- 



ly punctated. L. 2.6 ram 1. ¥• sulcata P ayk. 



Elytra not lon^jer than pronotum, vvith extremely fine ad very scat- 

 tered punctation. L. 2-2.5 mm 2. F. sulcatula iravh, 



4. Pronotum rather deeply grooved, yellow-red. L. 2.5-3 mm 



3. F. thoracia Curt, 



Pronotum finely or indistinctly grooved and like the entire body 

 black. L. 2mm 4. F. ni^ra Jravh. 



1. Subgenus Fala.^ria s. str. 



1. F. sulcata Payk. 



(Payk. Mon. Staph. 32; Erichs. ien. Spec. Staph. 4£; Kraatz Ins. T. 

 II, 34; Thorns. Skand. Col. II, 297; Wuls. et Rey Bre'vip. 1875, 436; ianglb. 

 Kaf. M. II, 255). 



Easily identified by the deep grooves of pronotum and scutellum, and 

 in regard to the following species by longer and somewhat more distinct- 

 ly punctated elytra. 



Black or pitch-black, jlistenin-j, finely haired; elytra often brov.n; 

 antennae and mouth-parts brownish, the former most often lighter at base; 

 legs brownish yellow. 



The head (Fig. 89) is as broad as pronotum, convex, with extremely 

 fine scattered punctation; antennae scarcely longer than head and pronotum 

 together, rather robust, but only feebly thickened distally, their third 

 joint about as long as the second, the next-last four a little broader 

 than long, distal joint oval, tip obtuse. Pronotum cordate, anteriorly 



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