EPURAEA. 435 



truncate with rounded angles ; legs powerful. L. 1| 1. 

 liatlier common. E. melanocephala, Marsli. 



-B. Posterior legs standing apart. 



Ovate, slightly convex. Blackish or brown, with mouth 

 and margins of thorax and elytra lighter ; antennae rust- 

 red, club often brownish ; legs reddish-yellow ; under-side 

 of head and thorax and apex of abdomen rust-red. Sides 

 of thorax with broad border. L. 1^ 1. Eather common. 



E. limhata, Fab. 

 Nitidiila, 

 A, Elytra dull-black, with one large red spot on each. 



Head and thorax black ; antennae black or brown-red, 

 with black club ; legs red. Sides of thorax and elytra 

 sometimes lighter. L. 1^ — 2\ 1. Common. 



N. hipusticlata, Lin. 

 2?. Elytra entirely black, or with two spots on each. 



a. Thorax black, with broad brownish-yellow sides. 



Head black, mouth lighter ; elytra black, with two spots 

 (variable in extent) on each yellow, one of them at the 

 base, the other close beside the suture in middle ; antennae 

 bro wnisli-yeUow, with black club ; legs yelloAv. L. 1 i— 

 2 1 1. Eare. iV. flcxuosa, Fab. 



h. Thorax entirely black. 



J. Elytra entirely black. 

 Dull black ; antennae red, with club-brown ; legs red. 

 L. 1 — 2 1. Not very common. M. obscure, Fab. 



11, Elytra blackish or brown, with a small red spot 



before and a larger behind middle, sometimes also 



with one or two little spots at side margin. 



Head black ; antennae brown-red, with club darker ; legs 



red. L. 1 — ^1|1. Not uncommon. A\ quadripustulata,'P-A\). 



JSoronia. 



A, Elytra very closely punctured. 



Slightly convex. Dark rust-red, with short variegated 

 pubescence, thorax and elytra with numerous black and 

 yellowish spots, latter witli about five rather indistinct 

 raised longitudinal lines on each. L. 2| — 2f 1. Moderately 

 common. S. lounctatissima, 111. 



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