60 MALACODERMA — TELEPHORIDAE. 



1, Sides of thorax, femora and anus yellow. 



Short. Head black, mouth lighter ; elytra yellow; under- 

 side black, anus and legs yellow ; antennae blackish, base 

 yellow, second and third joints about equal in length. 

 Thorax broader than long, apical margin somewhat rounded, 

 anterior angles almost right angles. Male with penultimate 

 ventral segment of abdomen widely emarginate at apex. 

 L. 2 1. Common. T. testaceus, Lin. 



2, All margins of thorax yellow ; femora and anus 

 black. 



Black, base of antennae, side margins of thorax liroadly, 

 its apical and basal margins narrowly, elytra and legs 

 yellow, latter with femora black. Similar to T. testaceus 

 but with apical margin of thorax truncate, anterior angles 

 right angles and penultimate ventral segment of abdomen 

 of male depressed at apex, nearly truncate and produced into 

 a tooth on each side. L, 2 1. Common. T. liiiihatus, Tli. 



III. Thorax unicolorous black. 



1, Elytra yellow. 



Elongate. Head (except mouth) black ; under-side and 

 antennae black, base of latter and the legs yellow. Thorax 

 small, about as long as broad, distinctly narrowed in front. 

 L. 2-| — 3 1. Common. T. pallidus, Fab. 



2, Elytra black. 



Elongate. Black ; first two joints of antennae and knees 

 yellowish. Thorax about as long as broad, somewhat nar- 

 rowed in front. L. 2| 1. Moderately common. 



T. elongatus, Fall. 



Sills. 



Head black, mandibles red-yelloAv ; thorax yellow-red ; 

 elytra black ; prosternum and abdomen reddish-yellow, 

 rest of breast and legs black, latter sometimes lighter. 

 Thorax transverse, uneven, irregularly punctured ; antennae 

 strong, slightly sawlike, black. L. 2-| — 3 1. Moderately 

 common. 8. ruficollis, Fab, 



llaltJiinus. 



A. Length 1| — If lines. 



a. Elytra tolerably regularly punctured in rows, more 



