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Bronzo-black ; ;iiitoiiniic brown, lirst joint red ; legs red- 

 yellow, femora often brown at the base. Posterior angles 

 of thorax almost rounded. L. 1|- 1. Common. 



B. yuttnla, Fab. 



li J>. Sides of thorax more rounded ; elytra 

 without the round red spot before apex. 



Black ; antennae brown, first joint red ; legs light red- 

 yellow. Thorax broader than in R fjuttula, somewhat con- 

 tracted behind ; elytra shorter and more convex. L. 1| 1. 

 Eather common. B. Mannerheimi, Sahl. 



c. Thorax narrowed behind, posterior angles sharp right 

 angles. 

 I. Striae on elytra feebler at sides and apex, the 



seventh not uncommonly absent, all of them often 



abbreviated behind. 



1, Frontal furrows double on each side. 

 Third interstice on elytra with two impressions. 



A A, Elytra dark bronze-green or blackish, with 

 a more or less indistinct reddish spot before 

 apex. 

 a a. Thorax rather strongly narrowed behind. 



Head and thorax dark bronze-green ; base of antennae, 

 legs, and usually also apex of elytra red-yellow. Thorax a 

 little luHjader than long; striae on elytra strong. L. l^- 1. 

 Common. ^- assimile, Gyll. 



b h. Thorax only moderately narrowed behind. 



Greenish-bronze-black ; base of antennae and legs red. 

 Head a little broader than in B. assimile ; thorax broader ; 

 elytra shorter ; striae deep. L. 1| 1. Not uncommon. 



B. Olarki, Daws. 



B B. Elytra yellow-brown, with dark-brown 

 markings, generally forming three irregular 

 transverse bands. 

 Head and tliorax dark-bronze, almost dull ; base of an- 

 tennae and legs yellow-brown. Thorax a little broader 

 behind than in B. assimile ; striae on elytra not so deep. 

 L. If 1. Eather connnon. B. ficmifjatum, Duft. 



2. Frontal furrows simple and deep. 



