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 Antennae coarse, their third joint almost as thick as the second, 

 the fourth and fifth scarcely narrower than the f ollowing. . . . 2. 

 2. Elytra very densely and finely punctated, the surface also very fine- 

 ly longitudinally aciculated and thereby dulled. L. 3-3.5 mm.. 



2. X. depressus iravh. 



Elytra less densely and finely punctated, at middle or posterioly 



feebly and irregularly longitudinally striped, glistening. L. 3. 

 mm 3. X. concinnus Marsh. 



1. X. testaceus Er. 



(Erichs. den. Spec. Staph. 885; Kraatz Ins. C. II, 9S2; Thorns. Skand. 

 Col. Ill, 207; Rey Brevip. 1880, 161; Janglb. Kaf. M. II, 730. - pygmaeus 

 Jravh. Mon. 206). 



Smaller than the two following species, and in relation to these fur- 

 thermore easily identified by the antennal structure and by smaller head etc. 



Very finely haired, somewhat glistening; The head in mature animals 

 blackish-brown or black, and abdomen darkly brown; pronotum reddish-brown, 

 its side-margins and elytra reddish brownish-yellow, a small spot around 

 scutellum dark; antennae toward tip brownish-yellow, their base, also legs 

 reddish-yellow. 



The head is proportionately small, considerably narrower than prono- 

 tum, with large eyes and short, oblique temples, almost triangular, rather 

 finely and densely punctated, upmost impressions of forehead before the 

 ocelli obliterated and forehead here smooth, but between base of antennae 



with a slight impression, (Page 604) the antennae distinctly 



thickened distally, and of less even thickness than in the following spe- 



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