The vestiture is of two kinds : The first consists of narrow flattened hair-like scales found in the striae, one before each puncture; these are closely appressed to the elytra. The second consists of a very dense covering of flat scales, broadly elliptical in shape, covering densely the elytra, the thorax, the under side of the body, the head except for the beak, the legs except for the under surface of the tarsi which are covered with black pubescence.