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24. Head and pronotum dull or dully glistenins 25. 



Mead and pronotum glistening 28. 



25. Abdomen densely and smoothly punctated to the tip 26. 



Abdominal first three free dorsal joints densely punctated, the tv»o 



following less densely 277 



26. Distal joint of antennae rather short, not longer than the two next- 



last joints together. Abdomen tapering very little. L. 1.2 mm... 



19. H. canescens Sharp. 



Distal joint of antennae rather long, longer than the two next-last joints 

 together. Abdomen distinctly tapering. L. 1.5 mm.: 20. H. sordidula Er. 



27. Head broader than long. Elytra i longer than pronotum. L. 1.5 mm... 



21. H. celata Br. 



Head as long as broad. Elytra //j> longer than pronotum. L. 1.5 mm 



22. H. germana Sharp. 



28. Antennal next-last joints (7-lC) feebly, yet most distinctly, transverse. 



Pronotum not or only indistinctly grooved at middle-line . .L. 1.5-2 



mm 23. H. zosterae Thorns. 



Antennal next-last joints as long as broad. Pronotum distinctly grooved 



at middle-line. L. 2-2.5 mm 24. H. hodierna Sharp. 



2&. Antennae peculiarly long, almost ao long as head, pronotum, and elytra 

 together; only their first five joints bristle-haired, the follow- 

 ing pubescent and dull, of even breadth and at least as long as brond: 

 &. subg. Ghaetida Muls. (Fig. 43) 30. 



Antennae shorter than head, pronotum and elytra together; all their joints 



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