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broad as long, anterior margin sinuate on each side. 



Scirtes, 111. 



Helodes. 



A, Head, thorax and scutellum red-yellow. 



Ohlong-ovate. Eed-yellow. Eyes, apex and suture of 

 elytra, breast and apex of antennae more or less black. L. 

 If — 2} 1. Common. II. minuta, Lin. 



S, Head, thorax and scutellum blackish, front and sides of 

 thorax yellowish. 



Ovate. Elytra brownish-yellow, suture, apex and outer 

 margin blackish ; antennae black, base yellow ; under-side 

 l)lack, abdomen sometimes yellowish, tibiae and tarsi 

 yellowish. L. If — 2 1. Moderately common. 



H. marginata, Fab. 



Microeara. 



Oblong oval, slightly convex. Eed yellow, scarcely 

 shiny ; not very closely covered with pale erect pubescence ; 

 antennae brownish yellow, paler at base. Thorax closely 

 and very finely punctured ; elytra with three scarcely 

 raised lines, closely punctured. L. 2 1. Common. 



M. livicla, Fab. 



M. Boliemani, Mann., is doubtfully distinct from M. 

 livicla ; it differs in l^eing smaller and more shiny, and in 

 having the vertex of liead, middle of thorax and middle 

 joints of antennae black-brown, with the side margins of 

 thorax more raised. 



Cyplion. 



A, Elytra with feeble longitudinal elevations. 



a. Body moderately convex. 



Nearly oval. Lighter or darker reddish-brown ; base of 

 antennae and legs yellow ; pubescence rather strong, gray. 

 Thorax narrowed in front ; elytra evenly, closely and 

 moderately strongly punctured. L. 1 — 1| 1. Common. 



C. coarctatus, Payk. 



G. fuscicornis, Th. has the punctuation of elytra closer 

 and finer round scutellum than elsewhere ; first three joints 

 of antennae and the legs red-yellow, rest of former brown. 



b. Body not very convex. 



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