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latter mucli longer than former. L. If 1. Eare. 



B. fcmoralis, Gyll. 



b h. Elytra red ; legs (including anterior coxae) 

 red. 



Head, thorax and abtUinien black ; antennae red. Thorax 

 rather diffusely and deeply punctured ; elytra only slightly 

 longer than thorax. L. 1| 1. Moderately common. 



B. lo7igiclus, Er, 

 2. Thorax reddish pitch-brown. 



Pitch-brown ; elytra yellow, suture slightly brown ; an- 

 tennae yellow, with apex brownish ; legs (including coxae) 

 yellow. Thorax diffusely, finely and shallowly punctured ; 

 elytra more than half as long again as thorax. L. U 1. 

 Not uncommon. B. atricapillus, Germ. 



-B. Thorax witli smooth central longitudinal space but no 

 furrow. 



a. Thorax rather closely and strongly punctured. 



Black, shiny ; elyti-a (except a small triangular spot 

 round scutellum), antennae, legs (including coxae) and apex 

 of abdomen red. Elytra very little longer than thorax. 

 L. If 1. Not uncommon. B. crassicollis, Lac. 



b. Thorax diffusely and obsoletely punctured. 



Black, not very shiny ; elytra (except a badly defined 

 narrow line along suture), legs (including coxae) and an- 

 tennae reddish, latter red-yellow at base ; thorax brownish- 

 black above, reddish beneath. Elytra somewhat longer 

 than thorax. L. 1|- 1. Not common. B. erraticus, Er. 



Platystethiis, 



A, Elytra with a feeble sutural furrow ; thorax about as 

 broad as elytra. 



a» Transverse impression dividing neck from head dis- 

 tinct ; thorax finely punctured. 



I. Anterior angles of thorax rounded ; transverse 

 impressions on head deep, bent in male, straight in 

 female. 



Black; elytra brown or brownish; legs yellow, femora 

 often brown. Anterior margin of forehead in male nearly 



