246 BRACHELYTKA — STAl'HYLINIDAE 



legs red-brown. Head short ovate ; elytra as long as 

 thorax ; punctuation not very close and fine. L. 2^ 1. 

 Moderately common. H. h in o tat a, Steph, 



II. Elytra and antennae unicolorous black. 

 Head and abdomen l)lack ; legs l:)rownish-yellow. Head 

 ovate ; elytra as long as thorax ; punctuation rather diifuse 

 and fine. L. If 1. Scarce. H. quadripunctula, Gr. 



b. Elytra pitcli-brown, with apex reddish ; penultimate 

 joints of antennae broader than long. 



Head and abdomen black, latter with margin of segments 

 and apex red-brown ; legs and base of antennae red-brown. 

 Head short ovate ; elytra a little longer than thorax ; 

 punctuation close and fine. L. 2 1. Eare. H. praevia, Er. 



Qiiedius, 



A. Lower marginal projection from thorax of horny con- 

 sistence. 



a. Antennae sawlike. 



Black ; elytra didl, with red-brown humeral angles ; 

 apical joint of antennae yellow. Head much smaller tlian 

 thorax, latter nuicli broader than long; elytra narrower but 

 rather longer than thorax. L. 8—10 1. Very rare. 



Q. dilatatus, Fab. 



b. Antennae simple. 



I. Elytra black, with reflexed margin yellow. 



Head, thorax and abdomen black ; antennae black, with 

 first joint red-brown, third joint much longer than second, 

 peruiltimate joints longer than broad ; legs dark i)itcli- 

 brown. L. 5 1. Moderately common. Q. lateralis, (Ir. 



II. Eeflexed margin concolorous with rest of elytra. 

 1. Elytra distinctly and confusedly punctured. 



A. A. Eyes toleral)ly large. 



Thorax with a row of three impressions on each side of 

 disc before middle. 



a a. Antennae entirely dark. 



A a. Scutellum impunctate. 



A 1. Penultimate joints of antennae not 

 strongly transverse. 



