208 BRACIIELYTRA — ALEOCHARIDAE. 



punctured, abdomen more pointed behind and joints of 

 antennae less strongly transverse. L. 1 — 1^1. Cirencester,. 



H. humeralis, Kr. 



C ('. Elytra unicolorous brown or black. 



A 1. Penultimate joints of antennae dis- 

 tinctly transverse, although not strongly 

 so. 



a 1. Abdomen with fifth and sixth seg- 

 ments impunctate. 



A 2. Thorax rather strongly punc- 

 tured, somewhat broader than long. 



Convex, sliiny. Black ; elytra black-brown ; legs and 

 base of antennae reddish-yellow, apex of latter pitchy. 

 Thorax with two impressions on disc; elytra tolerably 

 strongly punctured. L. 1| 1. Moderately common. 



H. sodalis, Er. 



JS 2. Thorax finely punctured, much 

 broader than long. 



Rather liroad and convex, shiny. Black ; elytra dark 

 brown ; base of antennae and legs pitchy-yellow. Elytra 

 finely punctured. L. 1-^ 1. Moderately common. 



H. c or i aria, Kr. 



hi. Abdomen closely and finely 

 punctured throughout. 



Short. Black, rather shiny ; elytra and antennae brown, 

 base of latter and the legs red-yellow. Thorax almost 

 double as broad as long, closely and extremely finely punc- 

 tured, generally with a shallow central furrow ; elytra 

 closely and finely punctured, almost half as long again as 

 thorax. L. 1 1. Eare. H. air at a, Mann. 



Ji 1. Penultimate joints of antennae 

 only slightly transverse. 



a 1. Body rather convex ; al)domen 

 somewhat narrowed behind. 



Not very shiny. Black ; elytra dark l)rown ; base of 

 antennae and legs yellowish, former with joints four to six 

 each about as long as l)r();id. Abdomen with second to 

 fourth segments closely, lillh diffusely punctured, sixth 



