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 ^7. Sub^jenus Jlossula Fov.l. 



131. H. -^re^aria Er. 



(Erichs. ien. Spec. Staph. 87; Kraatz Ins. D. II, 215; Sharp Rev. 

 Brit. Horn. 126; Muls. et Fey Br^vip. 1875, 226; >anglb. Kaf. M. II, 233). 

 - Immunlta £rlchs. len. Spec. Staph. 916j Thorns. Skand. Col. Ill, 10) 



Closely allied to the species of subgenus Aloconota , and like these 

 with immarginate temples and genae, but v.ithout sex-characters in the & 

 on the fifth and sixth free dorsal joints of abdomen; in appearance not 

 unlike H. elongatula , from vhlch it however without difficulty can be sep- 

 arated by the body's characteristic, fine silky-glistening, gray hair ves- 

 titure, more robust antennae, the finer and somewhat denser punctation 

 of abdomen, also by the longer first joint of the hind tarsi. 



Black or pitch-black, very finely and rather densely gpay-haired, silky 

 modulated gloss; elytra pitch-brown or yellowish-brown; abdominal tip some- 

 times Crownish; antennae and mouth-parts brownish-red or brown; leg& brown- 

 ish yellow. 



Head, pronotura and elytra particularly finely shagreened in surface 

 and threfore with modulated shine; the head rather large, a little narrow',- 

 er than pronotum, rounded, with feebly protruding eyes, indistinctly punc- 

 tated; antennae ^uite robust, distinctly thickened distally, their second 

 and third Joints elongate, of same length, the middle ones as long as broad, 

 the next-last feebly transverse, distal joint as long as the two preceding 

 joints together, obtuse tip. Pronotum narrower than elytra, about as long 

 as .broad, feebly narrowing posteriorly, with anteriorly slightly rounded, 

 posteriorly more straight sides, feebly convex, especially finely And 



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