280 BRACIIELYTRA — PAEDEIUDAE. 



one-third broader than thorax, closely and rather finely 

 punctured. L. 3|- 1. Moderately common. 



L. quadraturn, Payk. 



h b. Antennae pitch -brown, their first joint, 

 and the legs red-yellow. 



Similar to L. quadraturn, but slightly more elongate and 

 usually with outer apical angle of elytra red-yellow. L. 

 3 1. Common. L. terminatum, Gr. 



H 13. Elytra scarcely as long as or shorter than 

 thorax. 

 a a. Apical joint of palpi black. 



Similar to L. inmctatum but somewhat narrower and more 

 cylindrical, with a smaller head and a shorter, propor- 

 tionately broader and rather more closely and finely punc- 

 tured thorax ; antennae and legs somewhat darker ; seventh 

 abdominal segment of male not thickened in middle beneath, 

 but more deeply emarginate than in L. pundatum. Edin- 

 burgh. L. atripalpe, Scrib. 



h b. Palpi entirely rust-red. 



A a. Thorax rather longer than broad ; 

 elytra rather diffusely and strongly punc- 

 tured. 

 Linear. Black ; antennae rust-red ; legs red-brown. 

 Head distinctly narrower than thorax, diffusely and strongly 

 punctured. L. 3 1. Not common. L. punctatu^n, Zett. 



B b. Thorax distinctly half as long again as 

 broad ; elytra moderately closely punc- 

 tured, in irregular rows. 

 Linear. Black; antennae red-brown, legs pitch-brown, 

 with rust-red tarsi. Head as broad as thorax, closely 

 punctured, more diffusely so in middle. L. 25 1. Bather 

 common. L. filiforme, Gr. 



III. Length If— 2 Hues. 

 Linear. Black or pitcliy ; antennae and legs red. Head 

 broader than thorax, diffusely, rather strongly punctured ; 

 thorax more than half as long again as broad, rather closely 

 and deeply punctured ; elytra distinctly shorter than 

 thorax, ratlier diffusely and indistinctly punctured. Rather 

 common. L- longulum, Gr. 



