ENDOMYCHUS. 489 



Endoniychiis* 



Bright-red ; head, a longitudinal line in middle of thorax, 

 scutelliim, two large spots on each elytron, sides of breast, 

 antennae and legs fexcept tarsi) black. Thorax narrowed 

 in front, anterior angles very prominent. L. 2| 1. Ratlier 

 conuuon. E. coccineus, Lin. 



Lycoperdina. 



Black or pitch-brown ; antennae, sometimes margins of 

 thorax, rarely legs red-brown. Thorax broadest before 

 middle, narrowed Ijehind, with an impressed line on each 

 side ; elytra with an impressed line beside suture, broadest 

 before middle, rather pointed at apex. L. 2\ 1. Not 

 common. L. hovistae, Fab. 



Mycetaea, 



Reddish or yellow-brown, shiny ; pubescence rather long. 

 Punctuation of thorax feeble, that of elytra coarse and 

 placed in more or less regular rows. L. f 1. Common. 



M. hirta, Marsh. 



Symbiotes. 



Reddish-brown, shiny. Thorax twice as broad as long, 

 impunctate, sides broadly separate, indistinctly notched ; 

 elytra with finely and closely punctured striae, interstices 

 impunctate. L. f 1. Moderately common. S. latus, Redt. 



Alexia. 



Reddish-yeUow-brown, rather closely and strongly punc- 

 tured. Upper-side covered with very long, fine upright 

 hairs. L. J 1. Common. A. pilifcra, Mtill. 



LATHBIDimAE, 



A, Eyes absent. 



Antennae ap]:)arently ten-jointed, with the last joint 

 forming a thick knob. Palpi rather thick, last joint longer 

 than all the rest together. Anommatus, Wesm. 



-B, Eyes present. 



a» Antennae ten-jointed, last joint forming a thick knob. 



Labrum rounded in front ; apex of mandibles two- 



