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jB 1, Abdomen red-yellow. 



Nearly ovate, convex, shiny, with rather close, very fine 

 pubescence. Eed-yellow ; sides of thorax, base of elytra 

 and the breast pitch-brown. Thorax nearly twice as broad 

 as long, scarcely narrower than elytra, wider at base than 

 at apex, punctured finely and closely, more diffusely at 

 base, more strongly at sides, with a tolerably deep impres- 

 sion in middle of base, basal border somewhat raised in 

 middle ; elytra oval, diffusely and rather strongly punc- 

 tured. L. I 1. Moderately common. A. herolinensis, Kr. 



b b. Thorax black or dark-brown. 



A a. Middle of posterior margin of thorax 

 strongly raised. 



A 1, Anterior angles of thorax somewhat 

 prominent. 



Oval, slightly convex. Black, red-brown or yellow- 

 brown ; apex of elytra gradually changing to reddish-brown; 

 antennae reddish ; abdomen and legs brown, base of tibiae 

 and the tarsi yellow. Thorax fully half as broad again as 

 long, gently rounded at sides, a little more narrowed in 

 front than behind, posterior angles almost right angles ; 

 elytra broadest in middle, rather closely and finely punc- 

 tured. L. I 1. Common. A. fuscata, Schonh. 



li 1. Anterior angles of thorax not pro- 

 minent. 



(I /. Thorax half as broad again as 

 long, considerably narrower than the 

 elytra, sides feebly rounded. 



Ovate, convex. Black ; sliiny ; elytra red-brown, basal 

 third-part blackish, limits of the colours not sharply de- 

 fined ; antennae and legs brown-red. Thorax about half as 

 broad again as long, sides sliglitly rounded, broadest before 

 middle, but not more narrowed behind than in front, gently 

 arched, basal border more strongly raised in middle, angles 

 somewhat obtuse ; elytra broadest before middle, very 

 closely punctured. L. f 1. Moderately common. 



A. hasalis, Er. 



b 1 . Thorax at mostone quarter broader 

 than long, only a little narrower than 

 elytra, sides distinctly j'ounded. 



