444 CLAVICORNIA — NITIDULIDAE. 



deeply emarginate ; male with metasternum 



slightly impressed and its last al)dominal 



segment with two very large, transversely 



placed teeth. 



Very similar to 3L erythropus but with scul]iture of 



elytra less distinct, pubescence shorter and less close-lying 



and tibiae rather broader toward apex ; body also more 



convex. L. f — 1 1. Rare. M. hidentatus, Bris. 



B J8. Anterior tibiae with three more prominent 



teeth ; emargination of forehead with middle 



tooth. 



Ovate, convex. Black ; antennae pitch-brown, apex 



black ; legs black or dark pitch-brown ; pubescence blackish. 



L. I — 1 1. Rare. M. exilis, Sturm. 



H. Tarsal claws moderately long, broad, with a large tooth 



at base. 



a. Body unicolorous black. 



Short ovate, convex. Antennae black-brown, base red- 

 dish ; legs red, posterior femora often dark ; pubescence 

 blackish-gray. Front of foreliead deeply emarginate ; 

 anterior tibiae strongly toothed, with four large teeth toward 

 apex. L. 1 — 1^1. Moderately common. 31. solidus, Kug. 



h. Body black, with a red spot on each elytron. 



Short oval. Antennae and legs yellowish-red, femora 

 darker ; pubescence yellowish. Tarsi slender ; teeth on 

 anterior tibiae more even and gradually increased, sharper 

 and rather feebler than in M. solidus. L. 1 1. Scarborough. 



3f. pictiis, Rye. 



Pocadin.s, 



Red-brown or reddish-yellow ; clul) of antennae brown ; 

 breast and apex of elytra often darker. Elytra with punc- 

 tured striae, deeper toward apex, each interval with a row 

 of yellowish hairs. L. 1^ — 2 1. Rather common. 



P. ferr'iigineus, Fab. 



CYCHBA3IIDJES. 



Grooves for reception of antennae straight but indistinct. 

 Pi'(jsteruum somewhat produced behind, mesosternum with 

 a slight hollow to receive the process. Tibiae bare and 

 with very short apical spines ; thorax and elytra fringed. 



Cychramus, Kug. 



