BKMBIDIUM. 89 



a ^, Head triaii[i;nlav ; eyes pro- 

 minent. 



A 3, Elytra ul)long and Hat. 



Antennae black -brown, first joint and base of tlie next 

 three red-yellow ; nnder-side bronze-black, legs red-yellow. 

 Head with some iiue ] junctures near the eyes beliind ; 

 thorax a little broader than long; striae on elytra strongly 

 punctured until beyontl middle. L. 2i 1. Connnon. 



B. decorum, Paiiz. 

 Jb o*. Elytra oblong-ovate and 

 moderately convex. 

 Antennae l)lack -brown, first joint yellow, second joint 

 and base of the following ones reddish-yellow ; legs yellow. 

 Head smooth ; thorax almost as long as broad ; striae on 

 elytra toleral)ly finely punctured. L. 2\ 1. Moderately 

 common. B. vionticola, >Sturm. 



b 2» Head oljlong ; eyes not pro- 

 minent. 



Antennae l)rownish, first three joints yellow ; legs red- 

 dish-yellow. Tliorax somewhat broader than long ; elytra 

 with rather finely punctured striae, and often a connnon 

 red blotch before apex. L. 2f 1. Not uncommon. 



B. Stejjhcnsi, Crotch. 

 JB 2, Thorax very short. 

 Antennae dark In-own, first joint and base of the next 

 tlu'ee red ; legs red-yellow, femora pitchy at base. Elytra 

 with strous'lvininctured striae. L. 2.^ 1. Common. 



B. bru7ini2)es, Sturm. 

 b 1. Outer striae on elytra distinct to 

 apex. 



A. 2, Thorax not much narrowed 

 behind ; elytra oblong-ovate. 

 Antennae brown-black, first joint reddish-yellow ; femora 

 brown-l)lack, tibiae and tarsi reddish-yellow. Elytra with 

 strongly punctured striae. L. 2h 1. Common. 



B. tibiale, Duft. 



JB 2, Thorax moderately narrowed 



behind; elytra elongate ovate. 



Similar to B. tibiale, but darker. Elytra with less 



strongly punctured striae ; third stria with two conspicuous 



impressions. L. 2 1. Common. B. atroeoeruleum, Steph. 



