(Pacje 228) 

 as the rest of the species of the subgenus, also have this in common, that 

 the first three ventral joints of abdomen are transverse-grooved Impres- 

 sed at base. 



Grlisteninj black, finely silky-sheen ^ray-haired; the elytra some- 

 times brownish; antennae pitch-brownish, sometimes lighter at base; the 

 legs pitch-black with reddish-yellow knees and tarsi or brov.nish-yellow 

 with darker femora, rarely entirely brownish or reddish yellow. 



The head is somewhat narrower than pronotum .rather broad, with feeb- 

 ly protruding eyes, slightly convex, particularly finely and rather dense- 

 ly punctated, at middle often slightly impressed or feebly grooved; the 

 antennae rather long, slender, feebly thickened distally, their second 

 and third joints elongate, and the third most often distinctly shorter 

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

 as broad or feebly transverse, distal joint oblong, tapering. Pronotum 

 much narrower than elytra, as broad as long, narrowing a little posteriorly, 

 with anteriorly feebly rounded, posteriorly straight sides, slightly con- 

 vex, very finely and i-ather densely punctated, with a small transverse 

 fovea composed of t^vo small foveae posteriorly before the scutellum, some- 

 times with feeble medial groove. The elytra are /^longer than pronotum, 

 very finely and densely punctated; abdomen densely and finely punctated, 

 its first three free dorsal Joints strongly depressed with transverse grooves 

 and the grooves more coarsely punctated, the fifth free dorsal joint long- 

 er than the fourth, ^irst joint of hind tarsi somewhat longer than the 

 second, both rather elongate. L. c.b-3 mm. 



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