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basi foveolato ; elytris hoc sesqui longioribus ; abdomine 

 apicem versus vix angustato, supra segmentis 2-4 parce 

 subtiliter punctatis, 5° et 6° fere leevigatis ; tibiis poster- 

 ioribus intus evidenter ciliatis. Long, l^-lf lin. 



Mas; abdomine segmento 7° dorsali margine posteriore 

 obsolete incrassato, ventrali medio obtuse acuminato. 



Fern. ; abdomine segmento 7° dorsali margine poster- 

 iore obsolete emarginato, fere truncate, ventrali late ro- 

 tundato, dense subtiliter ciliato. 



H. marcida, Er. Kaf. Brand, i. 328 ; Gen. et Spec. Staph. 

 106; Kr. Ins. Deutsch. ii. 298; Wat. Cat. 



A peculiar species, scarcely to be confounded with any 

 others, and in many respects resembling H. occulta and 

 its allies. The antennae are long, scarcely thickened to- 

 wards the apex, brownish, with the three or four basal 

 joints yellow, furnished throughout their length with 

 longish, very fine, outstanding hairs; the first joint is 

 stout, with a long conspicuous seta on its upper side ; 

 joints two and three are rather long, three a little longer 

 than two, four and five a little stouter than three, each 

 longer than broad, six to ten each about as long as broad; 

 eleventh joint scarcely so long as the two preceding. 

 The head is rather small, narrower than the thorax, nar- 

 rowed behind the eyes, which are a little prominent, 

 sparingly and indistinctly punctured. The thorax is dis- 

 tinctly narrower than the elytra, about a third broader 

 than long, a little narrowed behind, moderately closely 

 and finely but distinctly and roughly punctured, with a 

 few long outstanding hairs at the sides, and an indistinct 

 transverse impression in front of the scutellum. The 

 elytra are long and parallel, longer than broad, fully half 

 as long again as the thorax, of a brownish colour, distinct- 

 ly, rather roughly, and closely punctured. The abdomen 

 is shining, scarcely narrowed towards the apex, which is 

 often paler; segments two to four very sparingly and 

 finely punctured, the apical ones almost impunctate, the 

 sides and apex furnished with distinct outstanding hairs. 

 The legs are yellow, the middle tibise on the outside 

 about the middle with a distinct outstanding seta, the 

 posterior tibiae with a very small and indistinct seta in 

 the middle on the outside, on the inside finely but dis- 

 tinctly ciliate throughout their whole length, these cilia 

 are yellow, and about twelve in number. 



