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 55a. H. nidicola nov. spec. 



A rather stout, feebly fusiform species, of the size of -;agatina , 

 cut of more robust structure and with ^-listenin^ head and pronotum, fur- 

 ther identifiable by robust antennae and sex-characters of the <3 . 



Black, glistening, rather finely haired; elytra brovtn, antennal base, 

 and mouth-parts brownish; legs yellow or brownish yellow. 



The head broad, a little narrower than pronotum, with very fine, iso- 

 lated punctation on sides, at middle not punctated, forehead in the 5^ slight- 

 ly depressed, eyes rather large, scarcely prominent, temples and genae 

 very feebly margined; antennae (Fig. 56a) short and robust, strongly but 

 smoothly thickened distally, their third joint as long as the second, the 

 fourth distinctly smaller than the fifth, transverse, the following (5-10) 

 increasingly thickened distally, almost twice as broad as long, distal joint 

 oviform, but tapering, more than twice a? long as the tenth. Pronotum a 

 little narrower than elytra, 1* times as broad as long, o£ equal breadth 

 anteriorly and posteriorly with slightly rounded sides ana rounded off 

 corners, feebly convex, punctation very fine and isolated, surface extrem- 

 ely finely shagreened, sometimes slightly, flatly grooved in middle-line 

 posteriorly (o ), the sides with fine outstanding bristle-hairs; elytra 

 ^/'Jlonger than pronotum, densely and very finely punctated, their posteri- 

 or margin inside the outer corners not incurved; abdomen posteriorly slight- 

 ly tapering, its first three free dorsal Joints finely and not densely punc- 

 tated, the fourth with scattered punctation, the fifth almost smooth; sides 

 bristle-haired. L. 2.5 mm. 



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