62 MALACODERMA — TELEPHOEIDAE. 



Grayisli-brown ; mouth, apex of elytra (not very sharply 

 defined) and some markings on under-side yellow ; legs 

 yellowish-brown, femora rather darker. Head strongly 

 narrowed behind, finely and closely punctured, impressed 

 between eyes ; thorax about as broad as (male), or rather 

 broader than long (female), posterior angles not very sharp 

 right angles; elytra not quite three times as long as together 

 broad. Male with last dorsal abdominal segments scarcely 

 elongate, simple, penultimate ventral segment roundly 

 emarginate, last ventral segment very narrow, rather 

 broader at base, split almost to base, the two portions 

 slightly curved from one another. Common. 



M. marginatus, Latr. 



2, Thorax black, with a narrow yellow border at 

 base ; length 1| — If lines. 



Black ; apex of elytra (more or less distinctly), sides and 

 apex of abdomen yellow ; legs brownish-gray, knees rather 

 lighter. Head narrowed behind, with an inconspicuous 

 impression between eyes ; thorax much broader than long, 

 posterior angles rather sharp right angles ; elytra scarcely 

 2 1 times as long as together broad. Male with last dorsal 

 abdominal segments moderately elongate, the last one 

 somewhat dilated toward apex, front margin straight, with 

 a triangular excision in middle ; penultimate ventral seg- 

 ment deeply emarginate; last ventral segment deeply split, 

 laterally compressed, with angular emarginations. Eather 

 common. M. mysticus, Kies. 



II, Antennae pitch-brown, first two joints reddish- 

 yellow. 



Gray-black or brownish ; margins of thorax, base of tibiae, 

 tarsi and markings on under-side yellowish. Head some- 

 what narrowed behind ; thorax not much broader tlian 

 long, posterior angles rounded ; elytra about 2| times as 

 long as together broad. Male with penultimate dorsal 

 abdominal segment deeply emarginate, lobes with an 

 elbowed process, last dorsal segment small, penultimate 

 ventral segment moderately deeply emarginate, last ventral 

 segment somewhat narrowed in middle, rather deeply tri- 

 angularly excised at apex. L. 1| 1. Not common. 



M. fihulatus, Kies. 



&. Head (without eyes) narrower than thorax. 



