BRYAXIS. 347 



Keddish-pitchy ; elytra red, margins dark ; legs brown- 

 yellow, male with a small spine at apex of intermediate 

 tibiae. L. 1 1. Not common. B. Waterhoicsei, llyc. 



2, Anterior trochanters of male toothed. 



A A. Elytra dark brown. 



Dark chestnut-brown ; antennae and legs reddish-yellow- 

 brown. Elytra much widened towartl apex, with a sutural 

 and an abbreviated dorsal stria; anterior trochanters dilated 

 into a triangular tooth; first abdominal segment very long. 

 L. 1 1. Common. B.fossulata, Keich. 



IB JB. Elytra rust-brown or dark red. 



a a. First abdominal segment of male with a 

 crescent-shaped impression at apex. 



Pitch-black ; elytra dark red ; legs reddish-brown. 

 Elytra much broader in front than base of thorax, with 

 shoulders somewhat prominent and rounded, somewliat 

 widened behind, with two deep dorsal striae ; first abdo- 

 minal segment very large. Anterior trochanters of male 

 with a curved tooth. L. f 1. Eather common. 



B. Helferi, Schmidt. 

 h b. First abdominal segment of male simple. 



Pitch-black ; elytra lighter or darker rust-brown. Ely- 

 tra only slightly dilated toward apex, M'itli a straight 

 sutural and an abbreviated, curved dorsal stria. Anterior 

 trochanters of male with a curved tooth. L. -f 1. Eare. 



B. Lefebvrei, Aub. 

 II, Body entirely red. 



Central depression on thorax barely so large as lateral 

 ones ; elytra with a sutural and an abbreviated dorsal 

 stria ; first abdominal segment very long, sides dilated in 

 male, straight in female ; anterior trochanters not toothed. 

 L. -| — 1 1. Moderately common. B. haematica, Eeich. 



2?. Thorax with three depressions before base, the central 

 one very small. 



a. Thorax very finely and closely punctured ; body 

 red-brown. 



Thorax broadest in nuddle ; elytra impunctate, with a 

 straight sutural and a curved, slightly abbreviated dorsal 

 stria ; first abdominal segment longer than rest. L. -J 1. 

 Common. B. juiicoriLiii, Leach. 



