168 BRACIIELYTRA — ALEOCHAKIDAE. 



JB 1* Antennae unicolorous or nearly so. 

 a 1. Body shiny. 



A 2. Abdomen punctured beliind. 

 a 2. Abdomen more scantily i)unc- 

 tured beliind than before. 

 A 5. Third joint of anteimae 

 rather longer than second. 



Black, shiny, with moderately close, upright, gray pubes- 

 cence ; apex of elytra usually somewhat reddish ; legs 

 pitch-black, tarsi red-brown. Elytra about as long as 

 thorax, closely, rather coarsely but not deeply punctured ; 

 abdomen parallel-sided, base of front segments rather 

 strongly and deeply, apex of these segments and whole of 

 hinder segments dilfusely and moderately finely punctured. 

 L. 2 1. Common. A. lanuginosa, Gr. 



jB 3, Second and third joints of 

 antennae equal in length. 



Black, with some metallic reflection, with brownisli 

 pubescence ; base of antennae and the legs pitch-l)rown, 

 tarsi red-brown. Antennae longer and thinner than in A. 

 lanuginosa, second and third joints equal in length, fourth 

 joint longer than broad ; body flatter, more parallel-sided 

 and less shiny ; thorax narrower in proportion ; elytra dis- 

 tinctly and thickly punctured and less distinctly sinuate at 

 outer angles; abdomen much more finely punctured. L. 

 2 1. Eare. A. villosa, Mannerh. 



h 2. Abdomen closely punctured 

 throughout. 



Resembling in appearance A. moesta but with more 

 slender antennae and much more thickly punctured and 

 shorter elytra ; similar to A. lanuginosa but smaller, more 

 slender, with yellower legs and with abdomen closely punc- 

 tured throughout. L. 1^- 1. Eare. A. lygaca, Kr. 



J5 2. Abdomen impunctate behind. 



Deep black, shiny; legs pitch-brown, tarsi red-brown. 

 Elytra about as long as thorax, moderately closely, strongly 

 punctured ; abdomen slightly narrowed behind in male, 

 parallel-sided in female, with isolated, fine punctures in 

 front, nearly impunctate beliind. L. 1| — 2 1. Common. 



A. mo est a, Gr. 



