liVDKOI'ORUS. lUl 



b. Body long oval ; thorax Inowu-red. 



Elytra browu, witli side margin and two transverse spots 

 connected with it (one behintl the hase, the other l)ehin(l 

 the middle) yellowish-red, punctured strongly and not very 

 closely, with isolated intermediate very tine punctures. 

 L. 1 I. llather common. //. dccoratus, Gyll. 



JB. Forehead not bordered in front. 



Body more or less flattened. 



a, Eetlexed margin of elytra with a bordered cavity 

 under shoulder for reception of the apex of inter- 

 mediate femora. 



I. Length 1| lines. 



Yellow, head dark behind ; elytra with suture and four 

 lines (confluent behind) black, second line longer than 

 first, third very short, disc diffusely and coarsely punctured. 

 Common. H. conflucns, Fab. 



II, Length 2 lines or more. 



1, Punctuation not coarse. 



A A. Elytra brownish-yellow, with suture and 

 four lines, reaching neither base nor apex, 

 black. 



Head and thorax yellowish, latter with a dark spot on 

 disc. L. '1 I. Not common. H. novemlineatus, Steph. 



B B. Elytra brownish-yellow, with inner part 



of base, the suture, four lines (the second of 



which reaches the base), and two streaks near 



the margin black. 



Head and thorax red-yellow, latter with a dark spot on 



disc. L. 2i 1. Eather common. 



H. 2)arallelogrammus, Ahr. 



2, Punctuation very coarse. 



Eather convex. Dark red-yellow, thorax black in front 

 and behind, elytra with suture and four indistinct lines 

 brown-black. L. 2^ 1. Moderately common. 



H. piciijes, Fab. 



h. Eeilexed margin of elytra withuut the cavity under 

 shoulder. 



