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Distributed throughout fjiiddle Europe and in South England. In this 



country not heretofore definitely identified, but now and then confused 



with large, dark specimens of analis . 



36. Subgenus Jeostiba Thomson. 



103. H. circellaris iravh. 



(Jravh. Mon. 155; 2richs. Kaf. Mk. Br. I, 315; Jen. Spec. Staph. 98; 

 Kraatz Ins. D. II, 326; Thorns, okand. Col. Ill, 104; Sharp Rev. Brit. 

 Horn. 160; Muls. et Rey Bre'vip. 1875, 310; danglb. Kaf. U. II, 216). 



An everywhere common, rather narrow and elongate, as a rule wingless 

 species, particularly distinguished by the very short, most often some- 

 what sunken elytra. (Fig. 77). 



Reddish-brown or reddish yellow-brown, finely and sparsely haired, 

 rather feebly glistening; the head pitch-brown or pitch-black; abdomen 

 pitch-black, its tip and posterior margins of the foremost joints brownish 

 red-yellow; antennae brownish, their base, the mouth-parts and legs reddish- 

 yellov. , 



The head is narrower than pronotum, oval, with small, not protruding 

 eyes R'^d long temples, indistinctly punctated, rather convex and without 

 impressions; the antennae quite robust, somewhat thickened distally, their 

 third Joint almost as long as the second, the middle ones (4-6) feebly, the 

 the next-last (7-10) more strongly transverse and about twice as broad 

 as long, the distal joint about as long as the two preceding joints to- 

 gether, tapering. Pronotum as broad as long, very little narrower than 

 elytral base, posteriorly very feebly narrowing, with slightly rounded 

 sides and rounded off corners, slightly convex, very finely but sharply 



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