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A narrow, elongate, wingless species; within the subgenus easily 

 identified by the body's form and by entirely yellow legs and maxil- 

 lary palpi. 



Black, glistening, with feeble lead-like reflection, very fine and 

 sparse whitish haired; antennae, maxillary palpi and legs purely red- 

 dish yellow, antennal first joint black, the last two club joints most 

 often brownish. 



The head is fully as broad as elytra, much broader than pronotum, 

 rather finely and not densely punctated, with two broad f orehead-grooves, 



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 separated by a convex, posteriorly almost smooth interval; antennae ra- 

 ther short; pronotum narrower than elytra, oblong, narrowing posteriorly, 

 with anteriorly rounded sides, slightly convex, rather fine, sparse punc- 

 tation, often smooth in middle-line, the entire surface extremely finely 

 reticulated, without impressions; elytra a little longer than pronotum, 

 with rather robust, sparse punctation, the surface extemely finely retic- 

 ulated, smooth; abdomen elongated and only tapering posteriorly, rather 

 fine and sparse, posteriorly finer punctation, narrowly side-marginated, 

 its foremost free dorsal joint without carinae; tarsi short and broad, 

 their third joint neart-shaped, the fourth deeply divided and broadly bi- 

 lobed. L. 3-3.5 mm. 



In the o the abdominal fourth and fifth ventral joints at middle slight- 

 ly impressed and densely haired; the sixth at tip broadly, angularly 

 incised. 



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