Miuuus. 37^ 



Mlcrus. 



Obloug, convex. Black, very closely covered with sliort 

 yellow hairs ; antennae and legs yellow ; nndor-side pitch- 

 black, with mouth, coxae and apex of metasternum yellow. 

 Head large and broad ; nearly triangular, almost as Ijroad 

 as thorax, eyes rather large, prominent ; thorax transverse, 

 closely coveretl with minute tubercles ; elytra as long as 

 head and tliorax, closely and deeply asperate, sides nearly 

 parallel, apices nearly straiglit. L. yg- — ^ 1. Very rare. 



M. filico r n i s, Fairm . 



31 k'i'oi}t Ilium . 



Elongate, rather Hat. Pitch-ljlack, very closely covered 

 with short, whitish hairs ; antennae and legs yellow ; 

 under-side pitchy, abdomen lighter, mouth and coxae yel- 

 low. Head long and nearly as broad as tliorax, eyes large, 

 prominent ; thorax transverse, shorter than head, closely 

 covered with small tubercles ; elytra closely and rather 

 deeply asperate, dilated behind, sides nearly straight, apices 

 . obliquely rounded. L. -^ — /^ 1. Very rare. 



M. pulchellum, AUib. 



Oblong. Chestnut-brown, with bronze reflection, closely 

 covered with pale hairs ; antennae and legs yellow ; under- 

 side chestnut-brown, with mouth, coxae, posterior margin 

 of metasternum and apex of abdomen yellow. Head large, 

 nearly triangular, as broad as thorax ; eyes large, promi- 

 nent; thorax transverse, shorter than head, broadest behind 

 middle, with rather large tubercles in curved rows, sides 

 moderately rounded ; elytra deeply asperate, dilated behind 

 shoulders, thence parallel-sided, apices nearly straight. 

 L. ^ 1. Kather common. iV. Titan, Newm. 



I*tiliiini. 



A. Thorax without central furrow. 



a. Thorax not constricted behind. 



I, Sides of thorax nearly straight. 



Short, oblong, rather flat. Brown-black, rather closely 

 covered with short blackish hairs ; antennae and legs 

 yellow, former very long ; under-side pitch-black, with 

 mouth and coxae yellow. Head very large, longer tlian, 



