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 *»ness characteristic in that, it is now closest to one, and now to an 

 other of the closely allied species ( elon-:atula . terminalis , jyllenhali , 

 Aubel et al.)« Qrdinarily most like elon^^'axula . but with differently form- 

 ed antennae and sex-characters and shorter pronotum. 



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Black, finely haired, with somewhat modulated gloss; the elytra and 

 abdominal tip often brownish; antennae pitch-black or pitch-brown with 

 unicolorous or somewhat lighter base; mouth-parts and legs brownish or 

 reddish yellow. 



Head, pronotum and elytra especially finely shagreened in surface 

 and due to this of modulated shine; the head a little narrower than pro- 

 notum, roundly oval, with rather large, scarcely protruding eyes, con- 

 vex, particularly finely and not densely punctated, at middle sometimes 

 with a short and fesble groove; antennae a little shorter and most often 

 also a little thinner than in elon,;atula , their third Joint definitely 

 shorter than the second, the middle ones (4-7) longer than broad, the 

 next-last (8-10) as long as broad or very feebly transverse, distinctly 

 obconical, distal joint oval, tapering. Pronotum somewhat narrower than 

 elytra, a little shorter than in elongatula , I4 times as broad as long, 

 feebly narrowing posteriorly, and with anteriorly slightly rounded sides 

 with single outstanding side-bristles, slightly convex, particularly fine- 

 ly and rather densely punctated and with a small transverse fovea posteri- 

 orly before scutellum, also sometimes slightly grooved at medial line; 

 elytra somewhat longer than pronotum, together about as broad as lon^, 



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