406 CLAVICOKXIA — SILPHIDAE. 



Ovate. Dark pitcli-brown ; antennae insensibly thickened 

 toward apex ; thorax and elytra with transverse scratches. 

 L. f 1. Very rare. C. colonoidcs, Kr. 



h. Elytra truncate at apex ; antennae lighter at base 

 than in middle. 



T, Antennae blackish, first five joints and the apical 

 joint reddish-yellow. 



Oblong ovate. Black. Antennae short ; thorax and 

 elytra with transverse scratches. L. 1| 1. Eare. 



C. varicornis, Kr. 



II. Anteniiae Ijlackish, first two joints red-brown. 



Oblong ovate. Black. Antennae short : thorax and 

 elytra with transverse scratches. L. 1 — 1| 1. Common. 



C. sericea, Fab. 



A(leloi:fs. 



Short ovate. Rust-red or dark red-yellow, rather closely 

 covered with fine pubescence, very finely punctured. Head 

 with vertex depressed, gradually expanding on each side 

 anteriorly as far as base of antennae, where it is suddenly 

 narrowed, thus shewing acute lateral angles ; thorax trans- 

 verse, base indistinctly bisinuate. L. 1 1. Not common. 



A. Wollastoni, Jans. 



Leptinus, 



Ovate, slightly convex, soft. Light brick-red ; antennae 

 and legs rather paler ; upper-side with close-lying pubes- 

 cence ; apterous. L. 1 — 1;^ 1. Scarce. L. testaceus,M.\)l\. 



JVeci'ophorus, 



A. Elytra black, with side margin broadly red-brown. 



Black ; elytra as above ; a frontal spot rust-yellow. L. 

 10 — 15 1. Kare. N. germariicus, Lin. 



jB. Elytra entirely black. 



Black; club of antennae orange. L. 9 — 11 1. Conmion. 



N. hum at or, Fab. 



C Elytra black, witli two reddish-orange toothed transverse 

 bands. 



</. Posterior tibiae straia'ht. 



