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82. Body predominantly reddish-yellow, the head and next-last two-three 



joints of abdomen black. L. 1.5 mm 63. H. palleola Er. 



Body black or brownish black 83. 



83. Pronotum v»ith rather isolated or scattered, occasionally indistinct 



punctation 84. 



Pronotum with denser punctation 86. 



84. Posterior margin of sixth free dorsal joint of abdomen in the o pro- 



portionately robustly serrated. Body deeply black, legs pitch-brown- 

 ish. L. 1.5-1.7 mm 64. 11. indubia Sharp. 



Posterior margin of sixth free abdominal joint in the o not serrated or 

 notched 85. 



85. 21ytra especially finely (however sufficiently magnified) distinctly and 



rather densely punctated. L. 1.5-l.B mm 69. H. liliputana Bris. 



Elytra extremely finely and extremely sparsely punctated, together with 

 pronotum strongly glistening; this about as broad as elytra. L. 1.3 



mm 70. H. atomaria Kr. 



- or pronotum narrower than elytra. L. 1 mm....7Ga. H. perexigua Sharp. 



86. Pronotum with distinct scabrous or granulose punctation; legs brownish- 



yellow, most often with darker femora. L. 1.8-2 mm.: 65. FI. subtills Scribj 

 Pronotum especially finely and not scrabrously punctated 87. 



87. Legs unlcolorous light brownish-yellow. L. l.d-^ ram. ..66. li. amicula Steph. 

 Legs brownish-yellow with darker femora, sometimes entirely pitch-brown. 



(species very small) 88. 



08. Pronotum almost as broad as elytra. L. 1.5 mm. ..67. H. mortuorum Thome. 



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