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(Thorns. Ofv. Vet. Ac. Forh. 1855, 197; Skand. Col. Ill, 22; Kuls. et 

 fey Brevip. 1874, 26C. - silvlcola Kraatz Ins. D. II, 173. - atrlcapilla 

 Makl. Janglb. Kaf. M. II, 72). 



"'ithin the subgenera especially identifiable by the short elytra and 

 the punctation of abdomen. 



The body is rather e4ually broad, posteriorly feebly tapering; pitch- 

 black or pitch-brown, finely haired, somewhat glistening"; pronotum, elytra, 

 abdominal tip, and posterior margins of the Joints, often also the anten- 

 nae reddish-brown; antennal base, mouth-parts, and legs yellow or reddish 

 yellow. 



Head broad, however narrower than pronotum, very finely and rather dens- 

 ely punctated; the antennae very feebly thickened distally, their third 

 joint as long as the second, the next-last ones feebly transverse. Pro- 

 notum is rather large, its dorsum larger than that of elytra, posterior- 

 ly broader than these, Ij times as broad as long, slightly narrowing an- 

 teriorly, slightly convex, very finely, densely punctated, without impres- 

 sion, or with only a feebly suggested fovea before scutellum, modulated 

 shine; elytra shorter than pronotum, rather flat, very densely and finely 

 punctated, their posterior margin inside the outer corners flatly incurvedj 

 abdomen tapering, its foremost free dorsal joint very finely and rather 

 densely punctated, the following v.ith increasingly scattered or isolated 

 punctation, the sides with robust bristle-hairs. First joint of hind tar- 

 si longer than the two following joints together, but shorter than the 

 three following joints together. L. 2.5-3 mm. 



It somewhat resembles Homalota vernacula Br. ( laticollis Staph.), and 

 also Fom. fun;i Jravh. , tut its much larger pronotum and shorter elytra, as 



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