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In shape not ■unlike Cratar^e^' suturalis. but snmewhat larger and more 

 rotust, of rather eaual "breadth, and in comhination with the f^eneric 

 characters as set t'orth ahove, furthermore easily identified hy the color 

 and the sex-characters of the d". 



Black or hrownish-hlack, finely yellowish haired and somewhat glist- 

 ening; pronotal sides reddish-hrown; elytra hrownish-red, around scutellum 

 and oftenest also across hind comers obliterate pitch-brown or pitch-black; 

 antennae brown, their base, mouth-parts and legs yellow-red. In teneral 

 animals abdomen at base brownish-red. 



The head broad, finely and densely -ounctated; antennae robust, their 

 second and third joints about of sane length, the fotirth not broader than 



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 long, the following (5-IO) feebly increasing transverse, the next-last 

 about twice as broad as long, distal joint long oval, tapering. Pronotum 

 (see above) is ar. broad as elytra, smoothly convex, finely and densely 

 pxinctated and posteriorly witn a small transverse fovea before scutellum; 

 elytra with rather robust and very dense scabrous punctation; abdomen rsther 

 robust and anteriorly densely pxmctated, posteriorly with more scattered 

 punctation, its sides particularly hindwards distinctly bristle-haired. 

 L, 3,5-4 mm. 



In thf5 d* the elytral suture posteriorly finely carina-sh^ned; the fifth 

 free dorsal joint of abdomen at medial line with a rather ro'cust carina, the 

 sixth with a much finer carina, and posterior margin finely, yet distinctly 

 serrate. 



