232 braciip:lyti{a — taciiypokidae. 



Black, shiny ; antennae red-yellow ; front pairs of legs 

 red-brown ; posterior legs yellowish-brown, their femora 

 pitch-l)rown ; sides of thorax broadly, base narrowly pale ; 

 apex of abdomen red-brown. L. ^ 1. Eare. 



JI. 2)ulicarius, Er. 

 II. Elytra half as long again as thorax ; abdomen 

 (except margin of segments) unicolorous. 



1. Antennae (except basej and legs (except tarsi) 

 pitch-black. 



A A, Posterior angles of thorax obtuse but 

 scarcely rounded. 



Similar to H. lacvinscidns, but more shiny, being ratlier 

 more finely punctured and pubescent. Thorax more dis- 

 tinctly narrowed behind. L. \ 1. Rare. 



H. pygmacus, Kr. 

 li B. Posterior angles of thorax right angles. 



Black, tolerably shiny ; sides of thorax narrowly pale ; 

 margins of abdominal segments generally red-brown. L. 

 -^ 1. Moderately common. H. lacviusculus, Mann. 



2, Antennae and legs (except posterior femora) 

 unicolorous red-yellow\ 



A A, Abdomen black, with only apical margins 

 of segments reddish. 



Barely so large as H. laeviusaUas, with antennae shorter 

 and stronger ; body more shiny. L. ^ 1. Not uncommon. 



H. seminulum, Er. 



Ji B. Abdomen with apex broadly yellow-red. 



Black, shiny ; antennae, legs and last t\A^o or three seg- 

 ments of abdomen yellow-red. Thorax diffusely punc- 

 tured, side margin pale, posterior angles nearly rounded. 

 L. f 1. (? Brit.) H. apicaliSj^^YiQ. 



I). Elytra red-brown, with anterior angles blackish-brown. 



Black ; elytra as above ; antennae and legs red-yellow ; 

 abdomen red-brown, darker at base and lighter at apex ; 

 sides of thorax broadly, base narroMdy pale. L. |- 1. 

 liather common. H. discoideus, Er. 



Tk'icJioplnja. 



Black ; elytra black-brown ; antennae dark brown ; legs 



