308 BRACHELYTRA OXYTELIDAE. 



punctured, not much narrower tlian elytra. L. If 1. (? Brit.) 



B. pallipes, Gr. 



b 1, Legs brown or brown-yellow. 



Black, shiny; first joint of antennae red-yellow, second 

 more or less pitchy, longer and stouter than third, which 

 (with the rest) is pitch-black ; fourth joint shorter than 

 third, next three joints gradually wider, penultimate three 

 joints widening toward apex, very transverse, apical joint 

 suddenly blunt, wide and about half as long again as tenth. 

 Thorax dull, posterior angles somewhat prominent, rather 

 obtuse ; elytra very closely and rather strongly punctured. 

 L. If 1. Scarce. B. fuscipes, Eye. 



-B b. Elytra straw-coloured, with base and 

 suture to a greater or less extent black. 



Head, thorax and al)domen black, antennae with first two 

 joints generally Ijlackish, middle brown-yellow, last three 

 joints thick and brownish ; palpi blackish ; legs black, tro- 

 chanters, tibiae and tarsi brownish-yellows Elytra closely 

 and finely punctured, half as long again as tliorax. L. 1^ 1. 

 Common. B. arcnarius, Payk. 



C c. Elytra lighter or darker red-ltrown, 

 with suture blackish. 



Head, thorax and abdomen black ; antennae reddish- 

 yellow at base, blackish-brown, at apex ; palpi reddish ; 

 legs (including coxae) reddish-yellow. .Elytra closely and 

 deeply punctured, not much longer than thorax. L. If 1. 

 Moderately common. B. ojyac^cs, Block. 



b b. Thorax strongly and rather closely punc- 

 tured, with deep central furrow. 



Black ; elytra often dark red on sides ; antennae dark 

 brown, with base yellow-brown ; legs red-yellow, with 

 coxae l)lackish. Elytra closely and deeply punctured, at 

 least one-third longer than thorax. L. 2 1. Moderately 

 common. B. fracticornis, Payk. 



li Ji, Antennae unicolorous. 



a a. Elytra black ; legs red, with coxae dark 

 brown and femora brownish at base. 



Head, thorax and abdomen black ; antennae pitch-lu'own. 

 Tborax and elytra rather closely and strongly punctured, 



