240 BKACTIELYTRA — TAOHYPORTDAE. 



a. Elytra as long as thorax, diffusely and rather strongly 



punctured. 

 Yellow-red ; head and abdomen (except apex) black ; 

 antennae brownish in middle. L. 2f 1. Very rare. 



M.formosus, Gr. 



h. Elytra almost lialf as long again as thorax, moderately 



closely and finely punctured. 

 Ked-brown ; head, breast and abdomen (except margins 

 of segments and the apex) pitch-black. L. S^ 1. Rare. 



Jf. inclinans, Gr. 

 B, Thorax black. 



a. Antennae blackish, first three and last two joints 



yellow-brown. 

 Black; elytra brick-red; penultimate abdominal seg- 

 ments red; legs red-yellow, with anterior coxae black- 

 brown. Eighth abdominal segment black. L. 3 — o\ 1. 

 Scarce. M. cinyulatus, Mann. 



I). Antennae blackish, first four joints and the last one 

 yellow-brown. 



Black; elytra brick-red; apex of al)domen (including 

 eighth segment) red ; legs (including anterior coxae) yellow- 

 reTl. Thorax rather more narrowed behind and rather less 

 in front than in M. cingulatus. L. 2i— 2f 1. Not uncom- 

 jj^Qji_ M. analis, Payk. 



JioJifohHts. 



A. Elytra black, with a humeral spot and the apical mar- 

 oin whitish. 



Head black ; thorax red-yellow ; abdomen red-yellow, 

 with black apex ; antennae 1;)lackish, first four joints and 

 last one yellow ; legs yellow. L. 2^—3 1. Common. 



i>. atricapillus, Eab. 



B, Elytra brown or yellow, with outer apical angles black. 

 a. Elytra yellow-brown, with a spot round scutellum, 



and a large triangidar spot in apical angles, Ijlack- 

 brown ; dorsal row containing about eight or ten 

 punctures. 

 Head black ; thorax yellow-brown, generally darker on 



disc ; abdomen reddish ; antennae and legs yellow-brown. 



L. 2-1 1. Common. B. trinotatus,Y.v. 



