472 CLAVICOKNIA — CRYPTOJ'HAGlDAE. 



A A. Posterior margin of thorax not raised in 

 middle. 



a a. Antennae yellowish-brown. 



Oblong, slightly convex. Black ; elytra with shoulders, 

 apex and generally side margin reddish ; antennae yel- 

 lowish-brown ; legs pitch-black, base of tibiae yellow- 

 brown. Thorax transverse, rather narrower than elytra, 

 transversely impressed at base, sides slightly rounded. L. 

 I" 1. Not uncommon. A. peUata,KT. 



h b. Antennae black-brown. 



Oblong, slightly convex. Black ; base of tibiae yellow- 

 Thorax rather narrower than elytra, broader than long, 

 narrowed in front, sides rounded, posterior angles obtuse ; 

 elytra oblong-ovate ; elytra more finely punctured than in 

 A. pdtata, and third, fifth and seventh joints of antennae 

 shorter. L. | — | 1. Common. A. fuscipes, Gyll. 



a S, Posterior margin of thorax more or less 

 raised in middle. 



a a. Thorax yellow-red. 



A a. Punctuation indistinct ; length \ line. 



Oval, rather fiat. Light red-yellow ; shiny ; base of 

 elytra and more or less of under-side brownish ; pubescence 

 short, fine, close lying. Thorax nearly as broad as elytra, 

 not narrower in front than behind, sides rounded before 

 middle, slightly arclied, finely punctured, base rather broadly 

 bordered, border ratliei' higher in middle than at sides, all 

 angles obtuse. Comm)n. A. pusilla, Payk. 



2? b. Punctuation distinct ; length f line. 



A 1. Abdomen black-brown. 



01)long oval, rather convex, somewhat shiny, witli short, 

 fine pale ])ubescence. Eed-yellow ; breast and scutellum 

 black ; vertex of head and aljdomen black-brown ; some- 

 times with thorax brown and elytra witli a short line near 

 scutellum and middle of side margin blackish. Thorax a 

 little narrower in middle than elytra, ] )unctured closely on 

 disc, finely in front, more diffusely and strongly at sides 

 and base, basal border slightly raised in middle; elytra 

 distinctly, rather unevenly punctured ; third, fifth and 

 seventh joints of antennae oblong and equal in length. L. 

 5 1. (Jonnnon. A. atrica'pilla, Stepli. 



