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41. Subgenus IJietaxya Muls. et Fey. 



108. H. meridional Is iJiuls. et Rey. 



Wuls. et Rey Op. Ent. II, 1853, 38; Kraatz Ins. D. II, 225; Muls et 

 Rey Brevip. 1875, 154; Sanglb. Kaf. M. II, 222, - cyrtonota Thorns. Skand. 

 >ol. Ill, 74. - littorea Sharp Rev. Brit. Horn. 109). 



Closely related to the following species, but more convex and of dark- 

 er color; within the subgenus both recognized by the dense punctation of 

 abdomen. 



Black, glistening, finely haired; elytra and tip of abdomen brownish; 

 antennal base, mouth-parts and legs reddish yellow. 



The head is narrower than pronotum, rather convex, especially finely 

 and not very densely punctated; the antennae rather long and slender, 

 feebly thickened distally, their third joint a little shorter than the 

 second, the middle ones longer than broad, the next-last about as broad 

 as lonj, distal Joint oblong. Pronotum somewhat narrower than elytra, 



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 a little broader than long, with smoothly rounded sides, slightly convex, 

 especially finely and densely punctated, most often with a small, feeble 

 fovea posteriorly before scutellum, eonetimes also feebly grooved at mid- 

 dle-line; elytra I4 times as long as pronotum, together broader than long, 

 somewhat depressed, particularly finely and densely punctated; abdomen 

 entirely to the tip finely and densely punctated and less finely haired 

 than the forebody, more shiny; its fifth free dorsal joint distinctly lon- 

 ger than the fourth. L. 2.5 mm. 



In the & the next-last sternile somewhat elongate and rounded off at 

 tip, in the o feebly incurved. 



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