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 38. Subgenus Oreostiba ianglb. 

 105. H. curtlpennls Sharp. 



(Sharp Rev. Brit. Horn. 169, 173). 



A small species, rather narrow and of even breadth, with small eyes 

 and rather long, immarginate temples, for the rest identified by propor- 

 tionately short elytra. In appearance it is somewhat like 11. gemina , but 

 the antennae and elytra are shorter. 



Elack or blackish-brown, finely haired and somewhat glistening; the 

 elytra sometimes reddish-brown; antennae darkly brownish with lighter 

 base, mouth-parts and legs darkly or lighter brownish-yellow. 



The head is narrower than pronotum, short roundly-oviform, with small, 

 scarcely prominent eyes and rather long, roundly widening temples, slightly 

 convex, with isolated and especially fine or indistinct punctation, in the 

 (5^ feebly grooved in middle-line; antennae as long as head and pronotum 

 together, rather robust, distinctly thickened distally, their third joint 

 shorter than the second, the three following (4-6) as long as broad, the 

 next-last distinctly transverse, ik times as broad as long, distal joint 

 as long as the two next-last joints together, tapering. Pronotum nearly 

 as broad as elytra, ik times as broad as long, with very feebly rounded 

 sides and scaraely narrowing posteriorly, very finely, densely punctated, 

 in the o convex, in the 5*v,ith a broad, posteriorly rather deep groove in 

 middle-line; elytra short, about as long as pronotum, densely and finely 

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

 rather dense, the following with scattered punctation. L. 2-2.5 mm. 



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