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33. K. plcipennis Mannh. 



(Mannh. Bull. Mosc. 1343 III, 224; ianglb. Kaf. W. II, 168. - aenelpennl s 

 Thorns. Ofv. Vet. Ac. Forh. 1856, 103; Skanri. •:ol. Ill, &2. - immunda M uls. 

 et P.ey Brevip. 1873, 427). 



A fusiform species, identified by the color of antennae and legs, and 

 by the dull, darkly bronze-like gloss and scabrous punctation of the fore- 

 body. 



Black, finely haired; forebody dully glistening with a darkly bronze- 

 or ore-like reflection; abdomen glistening without bronze reflection; el- 

 ytra aarkly brov-nish; antennae pitch-black, at base scarcely brownish; 

 legs brownish yellow. 



The head, pronotum and elytra densely shagreened in surface and due 

 to this oC-dull shine; head a little narrower than pronotum, with very 

 fine, isolated, granulate punctation; antennae slender, scarcely thicken- 

 ed distally, bristle-haired, their third joint as long as or a little long- 

 er than the second, the fourth fully as long as broad, the middle ones like- 



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 wise 9 trifle longer than broad, the next-last ones as long as broad or 

 very feebly transverse, distal Joint as long as the two preceding joints 

 together and not thicker than these, tapering. Pronotum is narrower than 

 elytra, 1^5 times as broad as long, anteriorly a little narrower than pos- 

 posteriorly, tht sides smoothly rounded and provided with a few outstand- 

 ing bristles, dorsum slightly convex, with dense and rather fine granulate 

 punctation with a feeble transversa fovea posteriorly before scutellum 

 and slightly grooved at middle-lint:; elytra '/'3 longer than pronotum, very- • 



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