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 the first free abdominal joint is distinctly depressed at base, and that 

 the first joint of hind tarsi is proportionately lon^. In appearance it 

 somewhat resembles an Oxypoda . 



Black, particularly finely, rather densely haired, and with modulated 

 silky gloss; elytra brown, most often darker at base; antennae and max- 

 illary palpi pitch-black or pitch-brown with slightly lighter base; leg; 

 light reddish -ye How. 



The heaa is rather small, considerably narrower th&n pronotum, roundly 

 oval, with feebly protruding eyes, convex, very finely and rather densely 

 punctated, with a small, in the o distinct, in the rt indistinct fovea at 

 middle; antennae long , slender, very feebly thickened distally, their 

 third joint almost as long as the second, tne fourth shorter than the fifth, 

 the middle ones longer than broad, the next-last as broad as long ($ ) 

 or longer (w), distal joint oval, hardly twice as long as the tenth. 

 Pronotum is narrower than elytra, about as uroad as lonj, with slightly 

 rounded sides and scarcely narrowing posteriorly, convex, very densely 

 and finely punctated, without medial groove, but with a small, often very 

 feeble transverse fovea posteriorly before scutellum; the elytra a little 

 longer than pronotum, -* little more densely and distinctly punctated than 

 this; abdomen somewhat tapering posteriorly and right to the tip with 

 especially fine, smooth and very dense punctatlon; only its first free 

 dorsal joint is distinctly transverse-grooved depressed at base, and the 

 fifth is much longer than the fourth. The first two joints of hind tai si 

 are rather elongate and the first auout ij limes as long as the second. 

 L. 2.5-3 mm. 



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