1 6 aEODEniAGA — CARARTDAE. 



elytra usually with a pale-yelloAv spot, lateral interstices 

 urclied ; legs l)rt)iize-ljlack, tibiae yellow, at least in the 

 middle. L. 2-| 1. Common. iV. hir/uttatus, Fab. 



2. Two impressions on the second lateral interstice 

 on elytra. 

 Very similar to H. higiUtatus, but rather longer and 

 more p)arallel-sided ; thorax smoother on the disc, posterior 

 angles right angles, but not sharp ; apex of elytra less 

 distinctly yellow ; lateral interstices less arched, the second 

 broader than the rest. L. 2-^ 1. Not common. 



iV. cpcadrijjnnctatus, Dej. 



TI. Body narrower, elytra with finer lines of punctures. 



Allied to iV. higuttatus but more elongate ; thorax much 

 narrowed behind, margins finely, disc indistinctly punc- 

 tured : tibiae and base of antennae red-brown. L. 2 1. 

 Tolerably common. N. sichstriatUs, Wat. 



S. Legs wholly red. 



Bronze. Thorax much narrowed behind, margins and 

 central furrow coarsely punctured, disc on each side 

 smooth ; lines of punctures on elytra reaching apex ; legs 

 red, posterior femora, and apex of tarsi somewhat darker. 

 L. 21 1. Not common. JSf. rufipes, Curt. 



A, First thi'co joints of anterior tarsi dilated in male; 

 tarsi green. 



Bronze-green. Flytra with four rows of deep violet 

 eye spots, one of the raised smooth spaces between the 

 spots near the suture especially conspicuous. L. 3| 1. 

 Common. E. riparius, Lin. 



7*. First four joints of anterior tarsi "dilated in male. 



a. Sculpture of elytra distinct ; tarsi blue. 



T, Thorax as broad as the head ; tibiae reddish-yellow. 



Ih'ownish-copper above, dark bronze-green beneath. 

 Thorax with two impressions on each side of the disc (the 

 inner one almost ehaced) ; elytra with four rows of large 

 eyespots, interstices between the rows very finely and 

 scantily punctured, the smooth spaces between the spots 

 strongly raised. L. 3f 1. Connuon. U. cupreus, Duft. 



