206 BT^ACHELYTRA — ALEOCHAEIPAE. 



Black, shiny ; elytra brownish ; legs yellow. Antennae 

 stout, joint 5 luucli Ijroader than 4 L. 1| — If 1. Com- 

 mon. H. succicola, Th. 



li 1. Abdomen with segments 2 to 4 

 tolerably closely, 5 and 6 diffusely 

 punctured. 



<i I. Elytra yellowish, M^tli a tolerably 

 well defined dark patch at scutellum 

 and near each outer apical angle. 



Head, thorax and abdomen black ; legs yellow. An- 

 tennae pitchy at base, sliglitly and gradually thickened 

 from joint 3. L. 1| 1. Common. //. trinotata, Kr. 



h 1, Elytra dark yellow, with indis- 

 tinct markings at scutellum and 

 apical angles. 



Head, thorax and abdomen pitch-black, legs yellowish. 

 Antennae rather more slender than in H. trinotata, less 

 thickened toward apex, with longer apical joint. Male 

 with aj)ex of seventh abdonunal segment not crenulate. 

 L. 1 J 1. Edinburgh. H. hybrid a, Sharp. 



li b. Antennae with joints 5 to 10 trans- 

 verse, but not strongly so ; apical joint as 

 long as or longer than 9 and 10 together. 



Abdomen with segments 2 to 4 not closely punctured, 5 

 more diffusely so, 6 nearly smooth. 



A 1, Elytra yellowish, with dark markings. 

 a 1, Antennae pitchy, base yellow. 



Linear. Head, thorax and abdomen black ; legs yellow. 

 Dark markings on elytra toleral)ly distinct. L. 1| 1. 

 Not very common. H. xanthopus, Th. 



h 1. Antennae entirely black. 



Head, thorax and al)domen black, moderately shiny ; 

 legs red-brown, femora darker than tiliiae. Dark markings 

 on elytra large and well defined. L. 1^ — 1| 1. Not un- 

 common. H. triangulum, Kr. 



J5 1. Elytra unicolorous. 



a I. Antennae yellowish at base ; legs 

 yellow. 



