(Pa^'e 172) 

 an.^usticollis ; forabody like in this with modulated gloss; further espe- 

 cially identified by the sex-characters of o and Q . 



Black, finely haired; forebody rather dull, abdomen glistening; el- 

 ytra sometimes brownish; legs brownish yellow with somewhat darker femora. 



The head, pronotum and elytra very finely shagreened in surface; head 

 short and broad, however narrower than pronotum, with rather fine and iso- 

 lated punctation, in the O flatly impressed at middle, in the _^ feebly 

 convex and with very fine, short groove; antennae rather robust, but very 

 feebly thickened distally, their second and third joints of same length, 

 the fourth as long as broad and a little smaller. than the fifth; the fol- 

 lowing joints from the fifth to the tenth of same length, distinctly trans- 

 verse, and the next-last scarcely broader than the middle joints, distal 

 joint short, tapering. Pronotum a little narrower than elytra, amply /// 

 broader than long, not narrowing posteriorly, but slightly rounded, iso- 

 lated bristles on sides, flatly convex, with fine, yet rather distinct and 

 dense granulate-punctation, in the o with a feeble impression or a feeble 

 groove at middle-line posteriorly, in the^^at middle v.ith a broad, distinct 

 longitudinal impression. Ely tra ''/s longer than pronotum, finely and dense- 

 ly punctated. The first three free dorsal joints of abdomen with fine and 

 scattered punctation, the two following with simple and evanescent puncta- 

 tion. L. 2.5-3 mm. --(Page 173) 



In the d^ the first four joints of tho antennae more densely haired, and 

 the third joint more roLust than in th^: Q ; posterior margin of the sixth 

 free doBsal joint in th-^ C> (Fig. 63) is at middle incurved, but in thei^(Flg. 

 63a) with a rather deep, semicircular incision. The next-last ventral joint 



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