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Resembles reposita a good deal, but more slender and with differences as noted in the description. It is probable that all the species of this type are stercoraceous in habits.

Differs from ostenta in its stouter form and, from reposita, in its more parallel form, relatively larger prothorax and less evenly tapering abdomen.

In the two following species the male sexual characters are altogether peculiar: