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Black ; tibiae and tarsi red-brown ; covered with gray 

 scales, two broad dorsal spots on thorax, middle of disc and 

 apex of elytra bare, third interstice with a round spot of 

 white scales a little behind middle. Thorax feebly con- 

 stricted toward apex, closely punctured, with an indistinct 

 central ridge in front ; elytra with fine punctured striae, 

 alternate interstices somewhat raised ; third tarsal joint 

 slightly dilated. L. If 1. Scarce. B. suhcarinatus, Gyll. 



& h. Thorax with a central furrow. 



Oblong-ovate. Black ; base of antennae, tibiae and 

 tarsi brown-red ; checkered with gray scales, placed more 

 closely and lighter coloured on head and sides of thorax 

 and elytra. Thorax broader than long, broadly constricted 

 toward apex, closely and distinctly granulate, with a central 

 furrow ; elytra with fine punctured striae, interstices some- 

 what convex ; tarsi with second joint nearly transverse, as 

 broad as third. L. 1^ 1. Moderately common. 



B. frit, Herbst. 



2, Elytra with feeble or no tubercles before apex ; 

 tibiae sinuate on inner-side, and thickened above 

 middle. 



A A. Body oblong; tarsi short. 



a d. Thorax with three depressions at apex ; 

 all interstices on elytra about equally raised. 



Nearly oblong. Black, dull, covered with gray scales ; 

 antennae (except club), apex of tibiae and the tarsi rust- 

 red. Thorax slightly broader than long, very strongly con- 

 stricted before apex, with three depressions in front, in the 

 central one of which the deep central furrow ends ; elytra 

 with alternate interstices slightly broader, all nearly equally 

 convex, with a tubercle before apex. L. If 1. Eare. 



B. hrevis, Gyll. 

 b h. Thorax Avithout apical depressions ; al- 

 ternate interstices on elytra distinctly more 

 raised. 



Oblong. Black ; tibiae rust-red ; covered with brown 

 scales, checkered with gray and white, sides and central 

 line of thorax covered with whitish scales, elytra with 

 middle of disc spotted with white. Thorax closely granu- 

 late, deeply constricted toward apex, anterior margin raised ; 

 elytra with deep punctured striae, interstices convex, alter- 



