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1. Body convex or rather convex. 



A A, Elytra shorter than thorax. 



Narrow. Lighter or darker reddish-brown; abdomen 

 pitchy ; antennae and legs yellow. Antennae stout, 

 thickened toward apex. Male with a tubercle at base of 

 each elytron. L. l-^i^ 1. Common. H. circellaris, Gr. 



B B. Elytra longer than thorax. darlingtom 



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a a. Length over 1 Ime. 



A a. Head and thorax distinctly punctured. 

 Flat, moderately broad. Head pitchy ; thorax and elytra 

 reddish-yellow ; alxlomen reddish-yellow, more or less 

 pitchy in the middle, almost smooth ; antennae reddish- 

 yellow, stout, much thickened toward apex ; legs yellow. 

 L. If 1. Very rare ; Monk's Wood. R. el eg antul a, Bvis. 



B h. Head and thorax indistinctly punc- 

 tured or smooth. 



A 1. Thorax reddish-brown, slightly nar- 

 rowed behind. 

 Bather narrow. Head pitchy ; elytra and abdomen 

 (except before apex) reddish-yellow ; antennae and legs 

 yellow, former stout and thickened toward apex. Abdomen 

 smooth. L. 1^ 1. A single specimen taken at Mickleham. 



n. rufo-testacea, Kr. 



B 1. Thorax pitch-black, scarcely nar- 

 rowed behind. 

 Narrow, shiny, almost impunctate. Head black ; elytra 

 yellowish-brown ; abdomen pitchy, paler at apex ; antennae 

 and legs yellow, former stout, thickened toward apex. L. 

 1^ 1. Very rare. R- splendeiis, Kr. 



b b. Length scarcely 1 line. 



Shiny, almost impunctate. Pitchy ; head and abdomen 

 blackish, legs pitchy-yellow ; antennae pitchy, moderately 

 stout, a little thickened toward apex. Eare. 



H. aegra, Heer. 



2, Body very flat. 



A A, Seventh segment of abdomen not armed. 



a a. Head very broad, indistinctly and dif- 



