BYRRHUS. 509 



often interrupted grayish lines ; antennae red-broMii, 

 Llackish at apex. Scarce. B. murinns, 111. 



Cytilus, 



Short ovate, convex. Dark bronze or greenish ; antennae 

 black. Pubescence short, on thorax black, yellow and 

 white mixed, on scutellnm usually yellow, on interstices of 

 elytra alternately scanty, yelloM', with black velvety spots, 

 and close, black and white mixed, latter sometimes uni- 

 colorous brown-bronze or greenish. L. 2 — 2| 1. Common. 



C. varius, Fab. 



Moryclnis. 



Oblong-ovate, convex. Upper-side bronze-green ; an- 

 tennae black. Thorax thinly covered with whitish and 

 brown hairs, scutellum and elytra with white hairs, on 

 former closely placed, on latter isolated on disc, closer at 

 sides. L. 2 1. Moderately common. M. aeneus, Fab. 



Simplocaria. 



Ovate, convex. Black, metallic; elytra brownish at 

 apex. Antennae browmish, legs red-yellow ; pubescence 

 gray. Elytra with a sutural stria and traces of others at 

 base only. L. 1^ L Common. >S'. semistriata, 111. 



LimnicJiKs. 



Oval, convex. Black, shiny ; antennae and legs red ; 

 pubescence very short, grayish. Punctuation of head and 

 thorax close and very fine, of elytra diffuse and fine. L. 

 f 1. Moderately common. L. pygmacus, Sturm. 



GEOB YSSIDA E, 



Antennae with nine joints, club three-jointed. Last 

 joint of maxillary palpi almost as long as all the rest 

 together, pointed. Tarsi four-jointed. Georyssus, Latr. 



Geof'i/ssus. 



Globular. P>lack, shiny. Thorax tolerably smooth on 

 disc, longitudinally wrinkled in front ; elytra with rows of 

 strong punctures, interstices somewhat arched. L. f — |- 1. 

 Common, <?. pygmaeus, Fab. 



