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tennae yellow, toward apex brownish. Third joint of 

 antennae double as long as second and as long as fourth ; 

 sides of thorax tolerably straight, anterior margin rounded ; 

 outer claws on all tarsi with a moderately strong tooth. L. 

 2^ 1. Moderately common. T. thoracicus, GyU. 



JB b. Thorax pitch-brown, margins reddish. 



Head black, yellow in front ; elytra pitch-brown ; under- 

 side black, sides, apex and margins of segments of abdomen 

 reddish-yellow ; antennae pitch-brown, first three joints 

 reddish-yellow; legs reddish-yellow, base of femora blackish. 

 Third joint of antennae double as long as second and rather 

 shorter than fourth ; outer claw on all tarsi with a mode- 

 rately large tooth. L. 2| — 3 1. Moderately common. 



T. flavilahris, Fall. 



&. Apical spines of tibiae indistinct ; tarsal claws split. 



Head small, moderately prominent ; thorax somewhat 

 narrowed in front ; tibiae slender straight. 



[Bhagonycha, Eschsch.] 



I. Thorax entirely yellow or reddish-yellow. 



1, Elytra unicolorous yellow. 



Yellow ; eyes very large and prominent, black ; abdomen 

 more or less spotted with black. Third joint of antennae 

 twice as long as second joint ; thorax rather broader tlian 

 long, anterior margin somewhat rounded. L. 4| — 5 1. 

 Not common. T. translucidus, Kry. 



2, Elytra yellow, with apex black. 



A A. Head (except mouth) black. 



Under-side ])lack ; prosternum, apex of abdomen and 

 legs yellow ; antennae black, base yellow. Third joint of 

 antennae scarcely twice as long as second and not much 

 sliorter than fourth ; thorax not much broader than long. 

 L. 3 — 3| 1. Eather common. T. fuscicornis, 01. 



S JB. Head yellow-red. 



Eyes and under-side black ; antennae brown or blackish, 

 base lighter ; legs red-yellow, tarsi darker. Third joint of 

 antennae half as long again as second and much shorter 

 than fourth ; thorax longer than broad, much narrowed in 

 front. L. 2| — 4 1. Common. T. fuhuts, Scop. 



II, Thorax black, with sides or all margins yellow. 



