STENUS. 801 



Punctuation close and strong. L. If; 1. Moderately com- 

 mon. S. pallipes, Gv. 

 h h. Ahdomen broadly bordered ; antennae 

 yellow, with first joint black. 



Apterous, elongate, rather flat. Black ; palpi and legs 

 yellow. Punctuation rather diffuse and fine. L. 1| 1. 

 Common. S. flavipcs, Steph. 



I). Abdomen not bordered. 



J. Elytra with a red spot on each. 



Black, rather shiny; palpi yellow, third joint ratlier 

 darker ; antennae yellow, brownish at apex ; legs black, 

 middle of femora and apex of tibiae red-yellow, tarsi 

 brownish. Punctuation close and strong. L. 2i 1. Ptare. 



>S^. Kiesemvetteri, Eos. 

 II. Elytra unicolorous. 



1, Palpi unicolorous yellow or red-yellow. 



A A. First joint of antennae red-yellow. 



a a. Tibiae witli only apex yellow-brown. 



Black, rather shiny ; antennae unicolorous reddish- 

 yellow, legs with coxae black, femora yellow at base, widely 

 blackish at apex, tibiae dark brown, with yellow-brown 

 apex and tarsi yellowish. Punctuation close and strong. 

 L. 2f 1. Common. S. cicindeloidcs, Gr. 



h h. Tibiae yellowish from near middle to 

 apex. 

 Similar to S. similis, liut darker and more shiny ; legs 

 stouter, anterior femora pitchy on upper-side just before 

 apex, hinder pairs of femora pitch-black on entire apical 

 half, and corresponding tibiae dark until beyond middle ; 

 coxae pitchy-red; punctuation of metasternum rather 

 coarse but somewhat obsolete, that of elytra feebler, and 

 that of abdomen very fine and close. L. 2i 1. Not un- 

 common. S. sol lit u s, Er. 

 JB J5. First joint of antennae black. 



a a. Legs yellow, with coxae black, tro- 

 chanters, knees, and apex of tarsal joints 

 black-brown. 

 Leaden-black ; antennae (except first joint) yellow. 

 Punctuation close and rather strong. L. 2h 1. Common. 



S. siiiiilis, Herbst. 



