286 BRACHELYTRA — PAEDERIDAE. 



Pitch-black, shiny ; head black, thorax blood-red ; elytra 

 pitchy, with sides reddish ; antennae yellowish-red, darker 

 in middle. Head closely punctured toward eyes and almost 

 inipunctate on hinder part of disc ; thorax closely punc- 

 tured. Broader than L. melaiiocephala, thorax more square, 

 punctuation closer. L. 1^ 1. Kather counnon. 



L. 'pro'jjinqioa, Bris. 



Siiniiis, 



A, Elytra slightly longer than thorax, 



(I, Elytra black, with apical third part yellowish. 



Head, thorax and abdomen black, posterior margin of 

 ventral segments of latter pitch-brown ; antennae and legs 

 yellowish. L. 2\ 1. Not common. S. filiformis, Latr. 



h. Elytra black, with a narrow yellow apical margin. 



Head, thorax and abdomen black, segments of latter with 

 extremely fine yellow border ; antennae and legs yellowish. 

 L. 2 . Not uncommon. >S^. intermedius, Er. 



H, Elytra about half as long again as tliorax. 



(f. Elytra brownish, with a large black spot in middle, 



often reaching base. 



Head, thorax and abdomen black : antennae and legs 



yellowish. Thorax more narrowed at base than in S. an- 



gtistatus. L. 2 1. Common. >S'. diversiis, Aub. 



6. Elytra black, with apical half (less toward sides) 



yellowish-brown. 

 Head, thorax and abdomen black, basal segments of 

 latter finely lwrde)'cd with yellow. Thorax rather strongly 

 narrowed behind. L. If 1. Common. 



S. angustatus, Payk. 



Pacderus, 



A, Tibiae red-yellow ; scutellum red. 



«. Antennae brownish, first four joints and last two 



yellow ; thorax only slightly narrowed behind, as 



broad as elytra. 



Head black ; thorax red, nearly globular ; elytra blue, 



not much longer than thorax ; abdomen with first five 



segments red and apex black ; legs red-yellow, apex of 



