BRADYGELLUS. '75 



Brndycelltis, 



A, Short scutellary stria on elytra wanting. 



Head black or brown ; antennae brown-red, base yellow ; 

 palpi yellow, base of last joint black; thorax dark red- 

 yellow, generally blackish in middle, basal impressions 

 large and deep ; elytra yellow-brown, with an undefined 

 blackish spot on each near the suture ; under-side brown- 

 black, apex of abdomen yellowish ; legs yellow. L. 2 1. 

 Kather common. B. placid us, GylL 



J5. Short scutellary striae on elytra present. 



II, Body very finely pubescent. 



Head black, palpi, and antennae pitchy, apex of former 

 and basal joint of latter red ; thorax pitch-black, with the 

 margins lighter ; elytra pitch-black, suture, shoulders, and 

 outer margins • reddish, striae rather feebler than in B. 

 placidus. L. 2 1. Not uncommon. B. cogna.tus, Clyll. 



b. Body not pubescent. 



I, Upper-side red or brown. 



1, Posterior angles of thorax right angles ; upper- 

 side red-brown. 

 Antennae, palpi, and legs yellowish. Thorax with an- 

 terior margin and all the base with rather large and closely 

 placed punctures, contracted behind ; third interstice of 

 elytra without an impression. L. 2-J- 1. Not uncommon. 



B. distinctus, Dej. 



^, Posterior angles of thorax obtuse, but distinct ; 

 upper-side rust-red. 

 Antennae and palpi brownish-yellow ; elytra often lighter 

 at the margins. Thorax narrowed behind, base frecpiently 

 smooth in middle ; elytra convex. L. 2 J 1. Ptather com- 

 mon. B. verhasci, Duft. 



«>. Posterior angles of thorax rounded. 



A A. Upper-side red-brown ; elytra li times as 



long as their united breadth ; length of body 



If —21 lines. 



Antennae, palpi, and legs brownish-yellow. Thorax 



not niucli narrowed behind, basal impressions deep and 



strongly punctured; elytra with tolerably strong striae. 



Eather cunnnon. B. h a j-jj a I i n u s, Dej. 



