AMAKA. 59 



-B h. Joints of antennae long ; Lody mode- 

 rately convex. 

 Oblong ovate. Bronze-brown, shining ; antennae, palpi, 

 and legs reddish-yellow. Thorax ninch l)roader than long, 

 not nnich contracted in front, each side of base closely and 

 strongly punctured, with two narrow and deep impressions ; 

 elytra with tolerably deep punctured striae. Each side of 

 the anal segment with one impression in male and two in 

 female ; botli sexes have the prosternum impunctate, 

 intermediate tibiae straight, and posterior tibiae hairless. 

 L. 2i — -3 1. Rather conunon. A. b if vans, Gyll. 



^. Anterior angles of thorax prominent. 



A^ A . Upper-side deep pitch-brown, with metallic 



lustre ; thorax somewhat contracted in front, 



sides tolerably rounded. 



Ovate. Under-side blackish; antennae, palpi, and legs 



red ; sides of thorax reddish. Base of thorax punctured, 



with two impressions on each side ; elytra with punctured 



striae, scutellary stria rather short and almost always free 



behind. Each side of anal segment with one impression in 



male and two in female ; both sexes have the prostei'num 



impunctate, intermediate tibiae straight, and posterior 



tibiae hairless. L. 2-h — 3 1. Not common. 



A. rufo-cincta, Sahl. 



Jj B. Upper-side dark bronze ; thorax not much 



contracted in front, sides only slightly rounded. 



Under-side blackish ; antennae and legs reddish, former 

 long-jointed. Thorax much broader than long, l)ase punc- 

 tured on each side, with two tolerably deep impressions, 

 side margin reddish ; elytra oblong ovate, with fine, indis- 

 tinctly punctured striae. Each side of the anal segment 

 with two impressions, standing close together in male, 

 farther apart in female ; in the male the prosternum finely, 

 sometimes indistinctly punctured in middle, intermediate 

 tibiae slightly curved, posterior tibiae hairless. L. 'I\ — 

 3^1. Rare; Braemar. A. Qiienseli, Schouh. 



b. Posterior tibiae of male thickly covered with hair on 

 inner-side. 



I. Apical spine of anterior tibiae simple. 



1. Curved intermediate tibiae of male hairless. 

 Anal segment of male with one impression on each side. 



