ALEOCIIARA. 167 



Black, shiny ; base of antennae, elytra (except margins) 

 and legs red-brown. Elytra sliorter than thorax ; abdomen 

 slightly narrowed behind, difiusely punctured above. 

 Common. A. fuscipes, Fab. 



S -B. Elytra unicolorous, blackish. 



Similar to A. fitscipes but with upper-side unicolorous 

 black ; base of antennae and legs pitch-brown. Eather 

 common. A. lata, Gr. 



2. Antennae not spindle-shaped ; length not ex- 

 ceeding 2 J lines. 



A A. Abdomen as closely punctured above as 

 elytra. 



a a. Elytra yellowish-red, with a triangular 



black spot round scutellum. 



Black, shiny ; elytra as above ; base of antennae and 



tarsi red-brown. Elytra not much shorter than thorax ; 



abdomen parallel-sided, very closely, evenly punctured 



above. L. 2 1. Eather common. A. tristis, Gr. 



h b. Elytra black, with a red spot at apex. 



Black, shiny ; elytra as above ; antennae black-brown, 

 base sometimes lighter ; legs reddish-yellow. Thorax half 

 as long again as elytra ; abdomen rather strongly narrowed 

 behind, very closely, evenly and strongly pimctured above. 

 L. 2 — 2} 1. Eather common. A. hipunctata, 01. 



JB JB, Abdomen more diffusely punctured above 

 than elytra (at least behind). 

 a a. Elytra unicolorous, black or pitch-brown. 

 A a. Antennae shorter than head and thorax; 

 penultimate joints broader than long. 

 A 1. Antennae red-brown at base. 



Black, shiny ; antennae and legs pitch-ljrown, base of 

 former and tarsi red-brown. Elytra as long as thorax, 

 very closely and rather strongly punctured, dull ; abdomen 

 slightly narrowed behind, rather diffusely and very strongly 

 punctured in front, more diffusely and less strongly so 

 behind. L. 2 — 2^ 1. Not uncommon. 



A. hrevipennis, Gr. 



The variety fiimata, Gr., has the sides of thorax and the 

 elytra dark brown, latter rather shorter, abdomen scarcely 

 narrowed behind and legs red-yellow. L. 1| 1. 



