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GG. Upper surface entirely red 



or testaceous, or with only 



the suture and margins 



narrowly black. 



H. Upper surface opac^ue; form 



depressed rufobrunnea (Clip.), Blackb. 



HH. Upper surface nitid; form 

 decidedly convex. 



I. The elytral series of 



punctures scarcely de- 

 fined brunnea, Marsh. 



II. Elytral series of punc- 



tures well defined 



throughout elliptica, Chp. 



FF. Lateral declivity of elytra 

 with two elongate trans- 

 verse fovese (suture strongly 



carinate behind) stygia, Chp. 



DD. Basal joint of anterior tarsi in S' 

 much narrower, its sides scarcely 



rounded. . >' 



E. Antenna; filiform or nearly so. 

 F. The whole insect (except some 



joints of the antennte) blaclc... angustipes, Blackb. 

 FF. The greater part of the insect 



not black liturata, Newm. 



EE. Antennae with joints 5-7 rather 



strongly compressed ditficilis, Blackb. 



EB. Seriate punctures of elytra strongly 

 defined, many times larger than the 

 interstitial. 

 C. Basal joint of anterior 4 tarsi in ^ very 

 large and much narrowed at apex, its 

 sides much rounded. 

 D. Antennse normally stout, some of the 

 joints about middle of the antennee 

 not much longer ihan wide. 

 E. Interstices of the elytra flat (or all 

 but flat) in both sexes. 

 F. Legs black. 

 G. The prevalent colour of the 



elytra black nigerrima, Germ. 



GG. The prevalent colour of the 



elytra testaceous-brown... mentitrix, Blackb. 



