424 CLAVICORNIA — PHALACRIDAE. 



II, Punctures of striae on elytra fine ; body ovate. 



Ovate, very convex. Black, very shiny; base of antennae 

 and legs brown. Elytra with feeble striae, punctured 

 closely and finely, interstices with an irregular row of 

 more feeble punctures than those in striae. More elongate 

 than P. substriatus, antennae and legs lighter, club of an- 

 tennae more elongate. L. | — 1 1. Eare. F. brunnipes, Bris. 



c. Elytra with distinct punctured striae. 



Short, very convex. Black ; antennae brownish-black, 

 short, club broad, oblong, the last joint scarcely so long as 

 the other two together, apex rather blunt ; elytra with 

 regular rows of fine punctures, close beside the fine striae, 

 interstices with tolerably regular rows of still finer punc- 

 tures. L. 11. Not common. P. substriatus, Gy]l. 



-B. Body oblong-oval. 



Slightly convex. Black ; antennae and legs pitch- 

 brown ; club of former oblong and thick, last joint ratlier 

 shorter than other two together, apex bluntly rounded ; 

 elytra with a tolerably dense and regular row of very fine 

 punctures close beside the feeble striae, interstices Avith a 

 row of scarcely finer but rather more indistinct punctures. 

 L. I — 1 1. Eather common. P. caricis, Sturm. 



Olibrus, 



A, Elytra with two deeper striae near suture. 



Metasternum produced in front ; anterior femora with 

 lower margin hollowed out. 



a. Upper-side yellow-brown or greenish-bremze, 



I, Antennae reddish-yellow. 



Head and tliorax brown ; elytra brownish-yellow, with 

 suture and outer margin brown, with extremely feeble 

 traces of longitudinal striae. Under-side and legs rust- 

 yellow. L. li 1. Eather common. 0. corticalis, Panz. 



II, Antennae black, with basal joints brownish- 

 yellow. 



Upper-side greenish-bronze. Elytra with very sliglit, 

 finely punctured sti'iac, interstices extremely finely punc- 

 tured. Under-side and legs pitch-brown, latter sometimes 

 lighter. L. 1 1. Common. 0. aeneus, Fab. 



