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12. 0» umbra ta ilyllh. 



(iyllh. Ins. Suec. II, 424; Thorns. Skand. Col. Ill* 19; Muls. et Rey 

 Brevip. 1874, 3C7; Janglb. Kaf. M. II, 66. - cunlcillna Erichs. Kef. Mk. 

 Pr. I, 348; Gen. Spec. Staph. 149; Kraatz Ins. T,. II, 169). 



Fusiform like opaca , which it in form resembles, but is only half as 

 large, identified especielly by the color, and by comparatively robust, 

 rather strongly thichened antennae, by strongly tapering abdomen and long 

 first joint of hind tarsi. 



Pitch-black or pitck-brov.n v.ith lighter sides; elytra, tip of abdomen, 

 and posterior margins of its joints lighter or darker reddish brov.n; an- 

 tennal base, and mouth-parts brownish-red; legs reddish-yellow. 



The head is narrov;ar than pronctum, both very finely and densely punc- 

 tated; antennae hardly longer than heed and pronotum together, rather ro- 

 bust and strongly thickened distally, their third joint distinctly short- 

 er than the second, the next-last ones about tv;ice as broad as long, distal 



(Pago 57) 

 joint obtusely tapering. Pronotum is posteriorly as broad as elytra, amply 

 1^ times aF broad as long, anteriorly distinctly narrowing with slightly 

 rounded sides and rounded off obtuse-angular hind corners, slightly convex, 

 most often with a feeble or suggested foves before scutellum. Elytra almost 

 '/^longer than pronotum, finely and especially densely punctated, their pos- 

 terior mprgin inside the outer corners strongly incurved; abdomen strong- 

 ly and smoothly tapering, all over extremely finely and extremely densely 

 punctated, distinctly silky glistening gray-haired with few side-triatles. 

 First joint of hind tarsi is longer than the three following Joints togeth- 

 er. L. 2.5-3 mm. 



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