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23. H. zosterse Thorns. 



(Thorns. Ofv. Vet. Acad. Forh. 1856, 103; Skand. Col. Ill, 90; Oanglb. 

 Kaf, t:. II, 161.- nigra Kraatz Ins. D. II, 287; Sharp Rev. Brit. "om. 234; 

 Muls. et Key Brevlp. 1873, 36fc). 



A small species with feebly tapering abdomen; within the subgenus 

 especially identifiable by the gloss of forebody, and by the punctation 

 of head and pronotum, which is very fine, and somewhat isolated. 



Father narrow, feebly fusiform; black, glistening, finely haired; el- 

 ytra sometimes brownish; legs pitch-brov.n or brownish-^yellcw with darker 

 femora. 



Head as long as broad, narrower than pronotum, extremely finely or 

 indistinctly punctated; antennae longer than head and pronotum together, 

 feebly thickened distally, their third Joint shorter than the second, 

 the fourth small, scarcely transverse, the middle ones feebly, the next- 

 last ones most often distinctly transverse, distal joint as long as the 

 two preceding joints together. Pronotum somewhat narrower th>4n elytra, 

 iVi times as broad as long, with smoothly rounded sides, rounded off hind 

 corners and a few fine side-bristles, slightly convex, punctation very 

 fine somewhat isolated, occasionally feebly grooved in middle-line or at 

 least with a slight impression before scutellum; elytra f ,'3 longer than 

 pronotum, as finely, but more densely punctated than this. Abdomen dis- 

 tinctly, but not strongly tapering, its first three free dorsal Joints 

 "^^rj finely and rather densely punctated, the following with mor<a scatter- 

 ed punctation. The middle tibiae with a fine short, outstanding bristle at 

 middle. L. 1.5-2 mm. 



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