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 thickened; the third joint longer than the second, in the o thicker at 

 tip than in the Q , and as well as the second and fourth more strongly 

 haired; the fourth joint as long as broad, occasionally feebly transverse, 

 the fifth and sixth a little broader than long, the following (7-10) of 

 equal length and almost of ejual breadth or the middle ones a little broad- 

 er than the next-last, all distinctly , but not strongly transverse; distal 

 joint as long as the tv.o preceding joints together, not thicker than these 

 and smoothly tapering. Pronotum somewhat narrower than elytra, amply 1^ 

 times as broad as long with smoothly rounded sides, flatly convex, some- 

 times slightly depressed at middle, finely, rather densely and sharply 

 punctated and together with the head very finely shagreened in surface, 

 sometimes with a merely suggested transverse fovea before scutellum or 

 a fine longitudinal groove in middle-line. Elytra '/^ longer than prono- 

 tum, more robustly and densely punctated than this, densely and finely 

 haired, and therefore with somewhat modified gloss; abdomen glistening, 

 its first three dorsal joints finely and not densely punctated, the fSUtth 

 sparsely, the fifth almost not punctated. L. 3-4 mm. 



In the o^ the posterior margin of the sixth free dorsal joint of ab- 

 domen (t^ig. 52) evenly truncated and finely notched or serrate, the actu- 

 al corners rather feebly thickened dentiform; its next-last ventral joint 

 is elongate and roundly tapering. In the p the same ventral joini is as a 

 rule broadly rounded off, but a form occurs of this species, fulvipennis . 

 Muls. et Roy (Drevip. 525, cf..Fort..o. v. Aleochayiner in Ent. Medd. 5. 

 B. 1895 N. 483), in which this joint of^ is broadly incurved; in both cases 

 the margin is provided with fine, short, light bristles. 



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