STILICUS. 283 



Black ; antennae yellow-brown. L. 2| 1. Common. 



S. affinis, Er. 



J5 li, Ijegs (including anterior coxae) yellowish- 

 red. 



Black; antennae yellowish-red. L. 2 1. Eather com- 

 mon. 8. orbiculatus, Payk. 



A. Penultimate joints of antennae distinctly longer than 

 broad ; elytra not quite one-third longer than thorax. 



Patlier flat and slender. Pitch-brown, apex of elytra 

 and of abdomen yellowish ; antennae and legs reddish- 

 yellow. Punctuation very fine and especially close on 

 abdomen, pubescence very thick. Base of thorax with two 

 ratlier distinct depressions and a ridge between them ; 

 elytra distinctly one-third broader than thorax ; abdomen 

 slightly dilated behind middle and then rather strongly 

 narrowed. L. 1| — If 1. Scarce. >S'. Erichsoni, Kol. 



-B. Penultimate joints of antennae scarcely broader than 

 long ; elytra only slightly longer than thorax. 



a. Body pitch-black. 



Elongate. Pitch-black ; apex of elytra and of abdomen 

 generally brownish ; antennae and legs reddish-yellow. 

 Punctuation very close and fine ; pubescence fine. Base of 

 thorax with two small depressions and a little ridge, often 

 interrupted, lietween them ; elytra rather broader than 

 thorax ; abdomen scarcely dilated behind middle. L. 

 1^ — 1^ 1. Kather common. 8. minutus, Er. 



h. Body red-brown. 



Narrower than >S'. minutus, less shiny, punctuation closer 

 and finer, pubescence closer, gray, delicate, abdominal seg- 

 ments less divided, legs thinner, tarsi shorter. L. scarcely 

 1^1. Eare ; Slapton Ley. 8. Ryci, Woll. 



I/itJiocharis, 



A, Head brown or red-brown. 



a» Second joint of antennae shorter than third. 



I, Length 3^ lines. 

 Pitch-brown, elytra brown-red ; abdomen blackish ; an- 



