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 4. .Head and pronotum with very scattered, indistinct punctation. Abdo- 

 men in the o black or brown. L. 1.5-2 mm 5. A. sorbl Jyllh. 



1. Subgenus Eusphalerum Kr. 

 1. A. primulae Steph. 



(Steph. 111. Brit. V, 365; Janglb. Kaf. U. II, 750. - trivlale Erichs. 

 Kaf. Mk. Br. I, 639; Jen. Spec. Staph. 892; Kraatz Ins. D. II, 1004; Pey 

 Brevip. 1880, 313). 



Larger than minutum, which it somewhat resembles; among the following 

 easily identified by spiniferous tibiae. 



Black, somewhat glistening with feeble greesy reflection; thorax naked, 

 abdomen sparsely haired; pronotal side-margins and elytra reddish-brown; 

 antennae toward tip often brownish, otherwheres together with mouth and 

 legs reddish-yellow. 



Body more elongate than in minutum and of more even breadth, rather 

 flat; the head somewhat narrower than pronotum, with very strongly pro- 

 truding eyes, finely and sparsely punctated, the surface densely shagreen- 

 ed, inside eyes finely longitudinal aciculated, with two short foveae be- 

 fore ocelli of the vertex, and two flatter impressions at fore-margin, 



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 antennae rather slender, slightly thickened distally; pronotum narrower 

 than elytra, narrowing posteriorly, with anteriorly rounded sides and 

 obtuse angular hind corners, slightly convex, finely and densely punc- 

 tated, the surface densely shagreened, most often with a small impression 

 posteriorly before scutellum. Elytra more than twice as long as pronotum. 

 rather parallel, posteriorly evenly truncated, rather coarsely and densely 



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