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6. Head beneath more or less closely and coarsely punctate, espe- 



cially toward the sides; distinctly punctate above. 7. 



Head beneath sparsely and finely punctured, very finely and 



remotely punctate above. 8. 



7. Elytra black, the apex in the S yellow, smoother, acutely cau- 



date with the tips reflexed. 



Elytra vittate. hardii 



Elytra not vittate. var. distinguendus 



Elytra black or rufotestaceous, the apex in the $ yellow, 



smoother, sometimes a little more convex, sometimes not; 



the tips acute but scarcely produced. 



Prothorax rufous. piinctiilatiis 



Prothorax black. var. funehris 



Elytra rufotestaceous to black, the apex in the $ more widely 

 margined but not otherwise modified. oregoiiiis 



Elytra yellow, the apex in the $ with a strong oblique ante- 

 riorly recessed impression which is black and impunctate. 



cavatus 



8. Elytra black, the apex in the $ strongly obliquely impressed, 



the flattened tips yellow and impunctate. flexiveutris 



Elytra black, the apex in the S with an elongate oval juxta- 



sutural impression which is somewhat smoother, the tips 



acute but scarcely prociuced. alticola 



9. Elytra not vittate, front and mitidle tarsi of $ not dilated, side 



pieces of oedeagus not barbed. 



Elytra black, prothorax red. inconspicuits 



Elytra yellow; suture, apex and side margin — at least 

 posteriorly — blackish. var. flavidus 



Elytra blackish varying to pale brown, prothorax black. 



picipennis 

 Elytra vittate, front and middle tarsi of S dilated, side pieces 

 of oedeagus barbed internally near the apex. 



Prothorax more finely punctured, without fine sharply 

 impressed median line. vittatiis 



Prothorax more coarsely punctured, and with a fine me- 

 dian impressed line of variable length. lineattis 



