LIOPTEKUS. 117 



Lfopferus, 



Elongate ovate. Head and tliorax brown-red, former 

 black beliiud ; elytra brown, lighter at sides ; under-side 

 black; legs brown-yellow. Elytra pointed behind. L. 3|1. 

 Common. i/. ruficollis, Schal. 



A, Side pieces (laciniae) of metasternum broad and trian- 

 gular. 



a. Elytra entirely black, or black or brown with sides 

 lighter. 



I, Head and thorax with a network of scratches. 



1, Elytra unicolorous. 



A A. Network on upper-side rather close, 

 scratches distinctly longitudinal. 



a a. Front pairs of legs (except anterior knees 

 and tarsi) blackish. 



A a. Base of thorax sinuate on each side, 

 posterior angles somewhat acute. 



Ovate, pointed behind, somewhat convex. Black ; net- 

 work very close (especially on elytra). Eows of punctures 

 on elytra feeble ; male with anterior tarsi much dilated, 

 their claws dissimilar, outer one larger than inner, slightly 

 curved S-like, dilated in middle, inner one with a strong 

 tooth at base ; all joints of posterior tarsi with swimming 

 hairs beneath. L. 4i 1. Common. 



A. hipustulatus, Lin. 



B b. Base of thorax straight, posterior 

 angles rather obtuse. 



Similar to A. hipastidatus but flatter and narrower, with 

 more bronze reflection, and the meshes of the sculpture 

 rather larger. Male with anterior tarsi much dilated, their 

 outer claw larger than inner, curved sicklelike. L. 4| 1. 

 Eare. A. Solieri, Aub. 



b b. Front pairs of legs red. 



Oblong-ovate. Black, not very shiny ; network on 

 upper-side rather close, irregular. Eows of punctures on 

 elytra very irregular, especially behind, punctures shallow. 



