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+ Elytra apice truncato cireulatim retuso. 
1. H. ELEGANS, Eichh. 
Subcylindricus, elytris retrorsum subdilatatis, profunde pun- 
ctalo-striatis, interstitiis posterius costatis spinulose productis, 
apice recte truncato, rotatim retuso, squamulato, cuspidato, retu- 
sionis fundo utrinque tuberculis duobus notato, ambitu spinoso- 
crenalo. 
Long. 1,5 mm. 
Hylocurus elegans, * Eicux., Berl. ent. Zeit., 1871, p. 154. 
Staturam singularem Corthyli compressicornis fere imitans at 
notas hujus generis exhibens. Caput deflexum nigro-piceum, 
fronte dense subtiliter granulate punctata, antice transversim 
subimpressa , laeviuscula, in margine antico supra os pilis pal- 
lidis ciliata. Oculi oblongi antice subsinuati. Antennae breves, 
testaceae. Thorax semi-ellipticus, latitudine vix longior, basi 
truncatus, angulis posticis et lateribus a basi ad medium et ultra, 
rectis, his deinde aequaliter ad apicem obtuse rotundatis ; dorso 
cylindrice convexus, nigro-piceus, ante medium dilutius subru- 
fescens, opacus, anterius crebre tuberculato-exasperatus, parce 
pubescens, posterius in medio minus crebre subtiliter granu- 
_latus, lateribus parce subtiliter punctatus, glaber. Scutellum sat 
magnum, subtriangulatum, nigro-piceum, rugulosum, opacum. 
Elytra retrorsum fere dilatata, praecipue versus apicem; ante 
declivitatem lateribus rectis, in quadrante postico fere extrorsum 
incurvatis, apice determinate recte truncata; depressio apicalis 
verticalis perfecte circulatim retusa, angulo apicali in spinam 
communem conicam, acutam producta; supra valde cylindrico- 
convexa, punctis dilatatis, subquadratis, profunde impressis 
striata; interstitiis anterius angustissimis leniter, posterius latio- 
ribus fortiter costato-elevatis et in singulo elytro ultra truncaturam 
in spinulas octo acutas, setulis crassiusculis, obtusis, ornatas, 
