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B. Upper-side hairy. 



Head and breast black ; thorax and abdomen reddish- 

 yellow, former usually with a black spot ; elytra and legs 

 pale yellow-brown, suture of former often blackish. Thorax 

 closely punctured. L. 2 — 2| 1. Scarce. 



0. nigrice'ps, Latr. 



The variety 0. humeralis, Latr., has the upper-side black- 

 blue, with a reddish spot at the shoulders, under-side 

 black, base of antennae red-yellow and legs pitchy. 



nONACIIDAE, 



A, Third joint of tarsi bilobed, last joint not very long. 



Thorax more or less square, usually with a little pro- 

 minence at anterior angles ; apex of elytra not produced ; 

 tarsal claws simple. Bonacia, Fab. 



JB, Third joint of tarsi not bilobed, last joint very long. 



Thorax as broad as long ; outer apical angle of elytra 

 produced into a point ; tarsal claws simple. 



Haemonia, Lac. 



Dofiacia, 



A, Elytra flat. 



a. Posterior femora of male with two teeth ; posterior 

 tibiae with or without prominences. 



I, Posterior tibiae of male with small prominences 

 on inner-side. 



1, Disc of thorax scarcely punctured. 



Broad. Upper-side metallic-green, usually with some 

 bluish reflection ; under-side covered with silvery hairs ; 

 base of antennae and legs (except their upper-side) red- 

 dish. Thorax with a prominence on each side in front, 

 the sides very finely shagreened, disc scarcely punctured ; 

 elytra with strong punctured striae, inner interstices smooth, 

 outer ones finely wrinkled transversely. Posterior femora 

 of male with two teeth (the front one pointed, the hinder 

 one broader and stronger), those of female with one small 

 tooth. L. 4—5 1. Moderately common. 



D. crassijjes, Fab. 



