(Page 170) 

 Staph. 91. var. II). From this species it is however easily separated 

 both by, that head and pronotum are peculiarly polished, and that the 

 next-last joints of the as a rule darker antennae, are distinctly trans-? 

 verse. 



Black, jlisteninj, very finely haired; head and pronotum polished; 

 elytra brown or yellowish brown, at base and sides brownish-black, some- 

 times almost entirely black; antennal base often brownish; legs yellow. 



The head almost as broad as pronotum, punctation especially fine and 

 scattered; eyes large, : feebly protruding; antennae rather slender, feeb- 

 ly thickened distally, their third joint hardly as long as the second, 

 the fourth joint as long as broad and narrower than the fifth, the middle 

 joints feebly, the next-last more strongly transverse, about 1^ times 

 as broad as long, distal joint tapering, scarcely as long as the two pre- 

 ceding joints together. Pronotum a little narrower than elytra, I'/j limes 

 as broad as long, with anteriorly slightly rounded, posteriorly more straight 

 sides, and with a few outstanding side-bristles, slightly convex, especi- 



(Paje 171) 

 ally finely and not densely pundtated; elytra Vs longer than pronotum, very 

 finely and densely punctated. The firat three free dorsal joints of ab- 

 domen with fine and rather dense, the two following wltli feeble and simple 

 punctation; the fifth free joint Is longer than the fourth. L. 2-2.5 mm. 



In th-^ ^ the sixth free dorsal joint of abdomen slightly emarjlnute at 

 tip; the tioxt-last ventral Joint is considerably elongate, at lip oroadly 

 truncated with rounded-off corners, the entire margin fimbriate. (Fig. 62. ) 



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