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21. H. celata Sr. 



(Erichs. Kaf. Mk. Br. I, 335; Zen. Spec. Staph. 122; Kraatz Ins. D. II, 

 32C; Sharp Rev. Brit. Horn. ?.'i7 ; lauls. et Rey Bre'vip. 1873, 361; Oariijlb. 

 Kaf. M. II, 162.- dadopora Thorns. Skand. Col. IX, 283). 



It is distinctly larger and broader than sordidula ; from small species 



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of eosterae Thoms. , v^ith which it is very similar in form, it is easily 

 separated by, that head and pronotum are dully ^listenin^, more densely 

 and sharply punctated than in same, and also comparatively broader. 



Black, very finely haired; forebody dull or rather dull, abdomen scme- 

 vhat glistening; elytra and base of antennae sometimes brownish; the legs 

 are brownish yellow with darker femora. 



Head broad, a little narrower than pronotum, rather densely and very 

 finely, but sharply punctated, at middle often (S) slightly grooved; an- 

 tennae rather short, feebly thickened distally, their third joint short- 

 er and more conical than the second, the fourth small, feebly transverse, 

 the following (5-10) about of same length, but the next-last ones some- 

 what broader than the middle ones, distinctly transverse, the distal joint 

 as long as the two preceding joints together. Pronotum a little narrower 

 than elytra, fully 1^ times as broad as long, its posterior corners less 

 rounded off than in zosterae , the sides slightly rounded, with a few fine 

 bristles, dorsum feebly convex, very densely, finely but sharply punctated 

 and with a, sometimes feeble, longitudinal middlegroove; elytra k longer 

 than pronotum, punctated like this; abdomen tapering, its first three free 

 dorsal joints densely and distinctly punctated, the two following with 

 more scattered punctation. The middle tibiae with a short but distinct. 



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