176 BRACHELYTRA ALEOCIIARIDAE. 



a. Length 1\ lines or more. 



I. Antennae dark brown, penultimate six joints 

 about as long as broad. 



Elongate, black, densely pubescent. Thorax longer than 

 Ijroad, with a distinct central furrow ; abdomen less closely 

 punctured than head and thorax ; legs black-brown, knees, 

 apex of tibiae, and tarsi yellowish. L. 2 1. Scarce. 



C. nigrita, Man. 



II. Antennae red, penultimate six joints broader 

 than long. 



1. Legs red; abdomen very closely and finely 

 punctured. 



Dull. Black, finely pubescent. Thorax about as long 

 as broad, with a feeble central furrow. L. 1| 1. Lee; 

 Cowley. C. ruhens, Er. 



2, Legs dark pitch-brown ; abdomen scantily and 

 finely punctured in front. 



Black, finely pubescent. Thorax rather longer than broad, 

 without a central furrow. L. 1| 1. Not uncommon. 



C. rip aria, Er. 



h. Length 1 line. 



Black, thickly pubescent. Antennae dark-brown, penul- 

 timate joints rather strongly transverse; abdomen extremely 

 closely and finely punctured. Common. C. aethiops, Gr. 



7?. Elytra finely and only moderately closely punctured. 



Shiny black. Antennae very robust, penultimate joints 

 strongly transverse ; thorax as long as broad ; elytra some- 

 times pitch-brown ; abdomen rather diffusely and finely 

 punctured ; legs pitchy. L. 1^ 1. Scarce. C. umhrosa, Er. 



Chilopora, 



A, Tliorax and elytra black. 



Head and abdomen black ; body pubescent, extremely 

 closely and finely ])unctured. Antennae dark brown, base 

 lighter, penultimate joints as long as broad ; thorax almost 

 longer than broad ; legs pitch-brown, tilnae and tarsi 

 yellow-brown. L. 2 1. Common. C. looit/itarsis, Er. 



IS. Thorax and elytra red-brown, 



