47 6 CLAVICORNIA — CRYPTOPTTAOTDAE. 



very finely bordered and scarcely rounded ; elytra diffusely 

 and not very distinctly punctured. L. 1 1. Rare. 



A. Hislopi, Woll. 

 2, Base of thorax more or less distinctly bordered ; 

 elytra partly reddish or yellow. 



A A, Thorax closely or moderately closely punc- 

 tured. 

 a a. I^ody ovate, convex. 



Ovate, convex. Pitch-brown or brown ; shiny ; shoulders 

 and apex of elytra lighter ; legs red-yellow. Thorax nar- 

 rower than elytra, about one-third broader than long, gradu- 

 ally narrowed in front, sides scarcely rounded and very 

 finely bordered, very slightly convex, closely and finely 

 punctured, basal border only slightly more raised in middle 

 than at sides, posterior angles almost right angles ; elytra 

 broadest before middle, somewhat pointed at apex. L, f 1. 

 Moderately common. A. apicalis, Er. 



I) b. Body oblong oval, only slightly convex. 



A (I, Length f line. 



Oblong oval, slightly convex. Black ; shiny ; elytra 

 with shoulders brown and apex yellow ; antennae brown- 

 red ; abdomen brown ; legs pale brown, base of tibiae and 

 the tarsi yellow. Thorax almost as broad as elytra, not 

 much broader than long, gradually narrowed in front, sides 

 very slightly rounded in middle, anterior angles pointed, 

 depressed, posterior angles almost right angles. Rather 

 common. A. an a lis, Er. 



-B h. Length h line. 



Oblong oval, slightly convex, with short very fine pubes- 

 cence. Black, shiny ; head and apex of elytra (broadly) 

 reddish ; antennae and legs rust-red, fifth and seventh 

 joints of former scarcely larger than the adjoining ones. 

 Thorax closely and very finely punctured ; elytra nearly 

 ovate ; indistinctly punctured. Body more oblong than in 

 A. apicalis, less convex, more shiny, pubescence more 

 scanty, thorax a little longer, more closely and finely punc- 

 tured ; antennae a little shorter than in A. analis, thorax 

 with transverse basal impression shallower, base less dis- 

 tinctly bisinuate, disc more closely but less strongly punc- 

 tured. Conmion. A. ruficomis, Marsh. 



a Ji, Thorax very diffusely punctured. 



