326 BRACHELYTKA — HOMALIIDAE. 



a a. Forehead with two deep, roundish de- 

 pressions before ocelli. 



A a. Length 1| — 2 lines. 



A 1, Disc of thorax closely punctured. 



a 1, Sides of thorax rounded in front. 



A 2, Apex of antennae blackish. 



Black, shiny ; elytra yellowish- brown ; antennae with 

 first joint reddish-yellow, next three joints reddish, rest 

 blackish ; legs reddish-yellow. Punctuation of fore parts 

 rather close and strong ; thorax lialf as broad again as 

 long, sides rounded in front, slightly narrowed behind. 

 L. 1| — 1| L Common. H. rivulare, Payk. 



2? 2. Antennae entirely yellow-red. 



Pitch-brown, rather shiny ; antennae (which are short), 

 palpi and legs entirely yellow-red. Forehead scantily 

 punctured in front, more closely toward base, with a longi- 

 tudinal depression on each side ; neck alutaceous ; thorax 

 transverse, sides rounded before middle, rather closely and 

 deeply punctured, space at posterior angles alutaceous ; 

 elytra more than double as long as thorax, rather closely 

 and deeply punctured in wrinkles ; abdomen alutaceous. 

 L. If 1. Eare. H. rugiilipenne, Rye. 



b 1. Sides of thorax scarcely rounded. 



Black, rather shiny ; first five joints of antennae and 

 the legs red. Thorax closely and deeply punctured, sides 

 scarcely rounded ; elytra twice as long as thorax, closely 

 punctured, somewhat in wrinkles. Similar to H. rivulare 

 but with liead, tliorax and elytra less shiny, more closely 

 punctured. L. 1| L Pare. H. septentrionis, Th. 



li 1, Disc of thorax diffusely or not at 

 all punctured. 

 a 1. Forehead nearly impunctate. 



Flat. Black, sliiny ; elytra lighter ; base of antennae 

 and the legs reddish. Forehead and thorax nearly impunc- 

 tate, latter transverse; elytra finely punctured; fourth, 

 fifth and sixth joints of antennae oblong. L. 2 1. Mode- 

 rately common. H. laeviusculum, Gyll. 

 b 1, Forehead scantily punctured. 



Pitch-black, shiny ; antennae brown ; first joint red, next 



