388 CLAVICORNIA — ANISOTOMIDAE. 



row3. L. Ih 1. Not common. L. castanea, Herbst. 



h. Sutural stria on elytra scarcely reaching beyond 

 middle ; male with anterior tarsi slightly dilated. 



Short oval. Upper-side pitch-black or pitch-brown ; 

 under-side, antennae (except club) and legs red-brown. 

 Elytra with not quite regular rows of fine punctures, indis- 

 tinct toward sides. L. 1 — 1^ 1. Not common. 



L. orbicularis, Herbst. 



A]VIS0T03linES. 



A, Tarsi with four joints on anterior pair and three joints 



on hinder pairs. 



Antennae with five-jointed, interrupted club ; mandibles 

 simple ; last joint of maxillary palpi almost as long as the 

 other three together, gradually pointed ; first joint of labial 

 palpi longer than second, and shorter than third ; meso- 

 sternum with a fine ridge. Agaricojjhagus, Schmidt. 



Ji. Tarsi with five joints on anterior pair and four joints 



on hinder pairs. 



Antennae with three-jointed club, seventh joint not much 

 larger than eighth ; mandibles simple ; last joint of maxil- 

 lary palpi almost as long as the two preceding together, 

 gradually narrowed, with truncate apex ; ligula straight in 

 front ; first and third joints of labial palpi about equal in 

 length, longer than second ; mesosternum ridged ; forehead 

 not bordered. Colenis, Er. 



C. Tarsi with five joints on front pairs and four joints on 

 posterior pair. 



a. Mesosternum not ridged. 



Antennae with five-jointed, interrupted club, eighth 

 joint very small ; mandibles simple ; last joint of maxillary 

 palpi as long as the two preceding together, gradually nar- 

 rowed, apex truncate ; ligula somewhat emarginate in 

 middle; joints of lalual palpi gradually increasing in length ; 

 metasterimm with a blunt process in front. Cyrtusa, Er. 



b. Mesosternum ridged. 



Antennae with five-jointed, interrupted club, eighth 

 joint as large as sixth ; mandibles toothed in middle ; 

 maxillary palpi with second joint elongate, last one almost 



