216 BBACHELYTRA — ALEOCHARIDAE. 



pairs of tibiae each with two long hairs and 

 also rather thickly fringed. 

 Rather flat, shiny. Black ; elytra brownish-yellow, apex 

 of abdomen pitchy ; legs dark yellow, femora brown. An- 

 tennae long and stout, joint 4 small, distinctly broader than 

 long. L. 1|- 1. Common. H. lonyicornis, Gr. 



h h. Elytra brown or black. 

 A a. Length 1 line or less. 



A 1. Antennae much longer than head 

 and thorax. 

 Eather narrow, moderately shiny. Black ; elytra dark 

 brown ; legs dirty yellow. Antennae rather long, joint 10 

 about as long as broad, apical joint oblong, quite as long as 

 9 and 10 together. Thorax about one-tliircl broader than 

 long ; elytra but little longer than thorax ; sixth abdominal 

 segment very diffusely punctured, margins of segments 

 fringed. Hinder pairs of tibiae each with one bristle. L. 

 1 1. Not uncoinmon in Scotland. H. viacrocera, Th. 



S 1. Antennae shorter than head and 

 thorax. 

 Black, rather shiny ; base of antennae and femora pitchy ; 

 tibiae and tarsi red-yellow. Thorax transverse, rather con- 

 vex, channeled ; abdomen with second to fourth segments 

 closely, fifth and sixth diffusely punctured. L. f 1. Ptare. 



H.fimorum, Br is. 



li b. Length 1-^- lines or more. 



A 1. Thorax not quite twice as Ijroad as 

 long, tibiae without Ijristles. 



Broad, especially the head, fore parts not very shiny. 

 Black ; legs reddish, femora pitchy. Elytra aljout one- 

 fourth longer than thorax and much more strongly punc- 

 tured. L. 1^- 1. Not common. H. cadaverina,V>x\H. 



Ji 1. Thorax not more than half as broad 

 as long ; hinder pairs of tibiae each with 

 two fine bristles, the basal one being 

 shorter. 



a 1. Fore parts rather sliiny ; abdomen 

 somewhat narrowed toward apex. 

 Black ; elytra brownish ; legs yeUow. Elytra one-third 



