ALEOCHARA. 169 



b 1. Body dull. 



A 2. Punctuation rather coarse. 



Black, dull, with short gray pubescence ; legs pitch- 

 brown, knees and tarsi reddish. Elytra as long as tliorax, 

 closely, rather coarsely and deeply punctured ; abdomen 

 parallel-sided, diffusely and not very finely punctured. L. 

 If 1. Common. A. grisea, Kr. 



jB 2. Punctuation fine. 



a 2. Antennae nearly as long as 

 head and thorax, pitch-brown. 



Black, rather duU, with short gray pubescence ; legs 

 pitch-brown, knees and tarsi reddish. Elytra fully as long 

 as thorax, distinctly punctured ; a1:)domen parallel-sided, 

 rather closely and distinctly punctured. L. If 1. Common. 



A. algarum, Fauv. 



h 2. Antennae only somewhat 

 longer than head, red-brown. 



Black, dull ; with short greenish-gray pubescence ; legs 

 pitch-brown, knees and tarsi reddish. Elytra as long as or 

 slightly longer than thorax, closely and finely punctured ; 

 abdomen parallel-sided, rather closely and strongly punc- 

 tured. L. \\ — 2 1. Common. A. ohscnrella, Gr. 



-B h. Antennae as long as head and thorax, 

 penultimate joints as long as broad. 



Narrow. Pitch-black ; elytra and antennae pitch-brown, 

 base of latter and legs reddish-brown. Elytra aljout as long 

 as thorax, closely and rather strongly punctured ; abdomen, 

 elongate, parallel-sided, finely and moderately closely 

 punctured at base, more diffusely so at apex ; legs slender. 

 L. 2| — 2h\. Pare. A. procera,'ET:. 



h h. Elytra ■ unicolorous, chestnut-brown, or 

 rust-red. 



A a. Abdomen diffusely j)unctured at apex, 



A 1, Penultimate joints of antennae as 

 long as broad. 



Narrow, similar to A. ijrocera, but wdth elytra cliestnut- 

 browu, shorter, rather more diffusely and strongly punc- 

 tured. Antennae brown, base reddish ; legs slender, red- 

 dish-brown. L. 1 f 1. Ptare. A. sj:) a dice a, Er. 



