biENDROPHAGUS. 457 



eyes, apex excised ou each side behind eyes ; posterior 

 femora toothed. Nausihius, Kedt. 



T)endropha(/Hs. 



Black or brown ; mouth, antennae and le2js brown-red. 

 Sides of thorax sinuate, disc rather closely and strongly 

 punctured, with two shallow longitudinal impressions 

 placed close to each other ; elytra with fine rather strongly 

 punctured striae. L. 3 1. liare. D. crenatus, Payk. 



Brontes. 



Black or brown, didl ; antennae and legs brownish-yel- 

 low. Thorax narrowed behind, sides finely toothed; anterior 

 angles produced ; elytra with shallow punctured striae, 

 interstices punctured, fifth raised. L. 2| 1. Itare. 



B. planatus, Lin. 



LaeiiiopJi loe us, 



A, Front of forehead with three emarginations ; scutellum 

 triangular. 



Flat, shiny. Light reddish-yellow ; each elytron with a 

 blackish spot close behind middle. Pubescence fine; apex 

 of antennae scarcely at all thickened ; thorax with one 

 impressed line on eacli side, posterior angles almost right 

 angles ; elytra with fine striae. L. | — 1\ 1. Scarce. 



L. himaculatris, Payk. 



S. Front of hjrehead straight or slightly emarginate ; scu- 

 tellum transverse. 



ci. Thorax with two fine impressed lines on each side. 



Eed-yellow. Pubescence fine. Antennae with three 

 distinctly larger apical joints, in male about half, in female 

 about one-third as long as body. Posterior angles of thorax 

 almost right angles ; elytra with alternate striae stronger. 

 L. f 1. Not uncommon. Z. duplicatiLS, Waltl, 



6. Thorax with one impressed line on each side. 



I, Posterior angles of thorax almost right angles. 



Oblong, flat. Eed-yellow. Pubescence rather close, on ely- 

 tra in rows. Eightli joint of antennae rather smaller than 

 preceding ones, especially in female ; elytra with four fine 

 striae on disc of each, and outward from the fourth a ridge 



