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b‘. Prothorax and elytra with a few small ochreous or whitish 
spots 2. ew ee ee ew ee ee ee helleri, sp. 1. 
e’. Elytra with the third interstice usually more or less swollen 
or widened at the base and middle, the basal prominence 
often tuberculiform, the transverse depression conspicuous. 
c‘. Prothorax and elytra variegate, the raised or widened 
portions of the third elytral interstice black or brown. 
° ° S ] netured and 
a’. Ventral segments almost uniformly pu succivus, Boh. 
[notabilis, Boh.]. 
squamose, with coarser whitish scales intermixed . 
6’. Ventral segments with a broad, smoother, almost bare 
space down the middle, the lateral portions densely, 
uniformly squamose. 
° i th 
a’. Prothorax and elytra feebly sinuate at the base, the ; maculipes, Gy. 
"'U [saginatus, Boh.]. 
elytral prominences sometimes wanting 
b°. Prothorax and elytra strongly sinuate at the base, 
the basal prominence on the third elytral interstice 
large and oblong. . . . . ciliatus, Germ. 
d’. Prothorax with the sides broadly pale, the elytra with a 
post-median, cinereous fascia preceded by a transverse : 
velvety-black patch. . . 2. 2... 1. 1 1)... pallidicinctus, sp. n. 
f°. Elytra flattened on the disc, the third interstice without 
prominences ; prothorax and elytra with a few scattered 
yellow spots. . . 2... . . we we ee.) «8ulphuriventris, Heller. 
6’. Elytra rounded at the apex. 
c’, Elytra shorter, rounded-triangular, with a very large, common, 
rounded, velvety-black patch on the disc . . . . . . .~ stigmaticus, sp. n. 
d*, Hlytra longer, subtriangular, each with an oblong velvety- 
black patch on the disc, - Preceded and followed by a small 
whitish spot... Soe ee ee ee we we) melanostictus, Boh. 
. Joint 2 of the funiculus twice as long as 3; elytra variegate, 
obtuse at the apex; prothorax rounded at the sides; elytra 
rounded-triangular, the alternate interstices raised, not granulate. alternans, Kirsch. 
3. Ventral segments not or slightly ascending, 2 at the sides shorter 
than 3 and 4 united. 
a. Posterior tibia mucronate at the inner apical angle. 
a’. All the femora toothed; the first ventral suture almost 
straight. [Subgen. Psruvporinarus, Heller. ] 
a’. Jot 2 of the funiculus twice as long as 8; prothorax with 
the sides parallel behind; elytra subtriangular, the inter- 
stices with setigerous granules, 3 strongly binodose ; first 
ventral segment without curved groove . . . . . . . condyliatus, Boh. 
b°. Joint 2 of the funiculus nearly three times as long as 3; 
prothorax subconical, with a large prominence on the middle 
of the disc; elytra subquadrate, granulate and nodose; first 
ventral segment with a shallow arcuate groove » . « rana, Heller 
