LEISTOTROrilUS. • 255 



Black ; upper-side covered with a thick, close-lying 

 brown and grayish, cloudy pubescence, with rows of black 

 spots on abdomen ; under-side of abdomen black, with a 

 band of fine, silver-gray pubescence at base of each segment. 

 L. 6 — 8 1. Common. L. nelulosus, Fab. 



S, Palpi and legs black ; antennae yellowish-brown, 

 darker at base and apex. 



More parallel-sided than L. nchulosus, with similar pu- 

 bescence ; apical dorsal segments of abdomen with a l)and 

 of fine silver-gray pubescence at base. L. 5 — 6 1. Com- 

 mon. L. murinus, Lin. 



StaiyhyJhius, 



A. Elytra black or dark blue. 



€t. Legs black, with a yellow ring before apex of femora. 



Black ; clothed with a thick pubescence, which on the 

 upper-side is brown-gray and spotted, on the under-side 

 silvery, middle of each dorsal segment of abdomen with a 

 triangular spot of yellow pubescence, bounded by two black 

 spots ; humeral margin of elytra yellow ; first four joints 

 entirely or on upper-side yellow-brow^n. L. 5 — 6 1. Com- 

 mon. S. puhescens,DQ G. 



b. Legs red, with tibiae blackish. 



Head, thorax and elytra dark-blue, with black hairs ; 

 abdomen black, with Ijlack hairs and a broad l)and of golden 

 or silvery hairs at the base of sixth and seventh segments, 

 visible only when fully extended ; antennae red at base and 

 apex, blackish in middle. L. 6 — Gi 1. Scarce. 



aS*. fulvipes, Scop. 

 JB, Elytra red or red-brown. 



a. Head nearly triangular. 



I. Antennae black, with base red-brown. 



Head, thorax, scutellum, and abdomen black, with black 

 hairs, segments 2 to 5 of latter with a triangular spot on 

 each side and segment 6 with a broad band of silvery 

 pubescence, legs red-brown. L. 1. Not common. 



S. stercorarins, 01. 



II. Antennae pitch-brown. 



Head and thorax dark bronze-green, with yellowish pu- 

 bescence ; abdomen black, with three triangular spots at 



