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56. H« bbsicornis r.'uls. et Rey. 



(Wuls. et Rey Br^vip. 1873, 478 ( Maobla ) ; Janglb. Kaf. I.;. II, 187. 

 - autumnalls Shai'p (nee Erichs.) Fev. Brit. Horn. 224). 



A small, rather compact species, especially identifiable by the spar- 

 se punctation and modulated ^lots of the body, color of antennae and sex- 

 characters of the o^ . 



Black, very sparsely and finely haired; forebody with feeble somewhat 

 greasy gloss, abdomen more glistening; elytra pitch-black or pi tch-brovin; 

 antennae pitch-black, their base, the month-parts and legs yello\\. 



The head a little narrower than pronotum, proportionately large, very 

 indistinctly punctated, often with a small groove or fovea at middle; an- 

 tennae thickened distally, their third joint a little shorter and consider- 

 ably thinner than the second, the following from 4-10 increasingly trans- 

 verse, so that the next-last become twice as broad as long, distal Joint 

 shorter than the two preceding joints together, obtusely tapering. Prono- 

 tum distinctly narrower than elytra, fully 1* times as broad as long with 

 smoothly rounded, single bristle bearing sides, slightly convex, especial- 

 ly finely and sparsely punctated, together with head and ©lytra finely sha- 

 greened in surface and therefore dull or of modulate shine, often with a 

 feeble impression posteriorly and a slight groove in middle-line; elytra 

 /,^ longer than pronotum, with fine and not dense scabrous punctation; first 

 three free dorsal joints of abdomen with rather fine and scattered puncta- 

 tion, the two following with very simple punctation, L. 3.5 mm. 



In the O^ the posterior margin of the sixth free dorsal Joint of abdom- 

 en (Fig. 57) at middle with a broad, somewhat produced, at tip slightly 



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