MYDKOPOKUS. lUT 



Head brown-red, I'orchead blackish ; thorax black, ex- 

 treme side margin red-brownish ; elytra dark brown, base 

 and sides red-brown. Punctuation strong. Not very 

 common. //. Duftsclimidti, Rye {rufifrons, Sharp's Cat.) 



^ S, Pubescence close ; length 

 If lines. 



Oval, rather convex, with thick, close-lying pubescence. 

 Head brown-red ; antennae red, darker toward apex ; 

 tliorax ])lack, sides reddish ; elytra black-brown, sides 

 lighter ; prosternum and legs red. Punctuation latlier 

 strong. Common. H. crythrocephahis, Lin. 



b 2, Elytra finely reticulate or 

 punctured. 



A S, T>ody broader ; length 2 

 lines. 



Head black, the front and usually also the posterior 

 margin red-yellow ; antennae yellow, darker toward apex ; 

 thorax black, sides In-oadly red-yellow ; elytra brown- 

 black, base broadly l)rownish-yellow, outer margin nar- 

 rowly yellow, with some irregular spots attached to it at 

 apex, pubescent, punctuation very fine, reticulate, with 

 two rows of larger punctures ; legs l;)rownish-yellow. IJare. 



H. viarginatus, iJuft. 



Ji S. Body narrower; length If 

 lines. 



Black ; lateral margins of thorax pale brownish-yellow ; 

 elytra finely punctured, base with a broad brow^nisli-yellow 

 Ijand, margin also brownish-yellow and irregularly extend- 

 ing at apex upon disc, pubescent ; legs reddisli-yellow, 

 intermediate femora with a brown belt. Kather connnou. 



H. lituratus, Fab. 

 U b. Thorax entirely black. 

 A 1. Length If — 2 lines. 

 Eatlicr flat. Head black, red-brown in front and behind ; 

 elytra dark-brow^n, base and sides lighter, very closely 

 punctured, each with two rows of larger punctures, with 

 thick, long, close-lying pubescence. Base and outer 

 margin sometimes dark. Common. H. i)lanus, Fab. 



li 1, Length 1^ lines. 

 Similar to H. plamc.% but with elytra sometimes entirely 



