280 PHYTOPHAGA — HALTICIDAE. 



Podagrica, 



A. Punctures on elytra distinctly arranged in rows. 



Oblong. Head and thorax reddish ; elytra brouze-green ; 

 breast reddish, abdomen and legs black ; first four joints of 

 antennae red, rest black-brown. Elytra with rows of 

 tolerably strong punctures and very finely punctured inter- 

 stices. L. 1\ — 1| 1. Common. P. fuscipcs, Fab. 



JS. Punctures on elytra not distinctly arranged in rows. 



Ovate. Head, thorax and legs red ; elytra blue or 

 greenish-blue ; under-side (except of head and thorax) 

 black ; antennae red at base, black at apex. Elytra very 

 closely and finely punctured. L. 1| — 2 1. Common. 



P. fuscicornis, Lin. 



Batophila. 

 A. Upper-side black. 



Elytra sometimes with bluish or bronze reflection ; 

 under-side black; antennae and legs yellow-red. Elytra 

 with regular rows of deep punctures, interstices impunctate. 

 L. f L Common. B. rubi, Payk. 



-B. Upper-side green, slightly bronzed. 



Under-side black; antennae and legs yellow-red, last 

 two or three joints of former sometimes rather darker. 

 Elytra with regular rows of deep punctures, interstices 

 impunctate. L. | 1. Common. B. aerata, Marsh. 



Aphthona, 



A. Elytra red-yellow, with suture black. 

 ct. Head red-yellow. 



Ovate, not very convex. Thorax red-yellow ; under-side 

 black, with sides of prosternum pale ; antennae black, with 

 first four or five joints red-yellow ; legs red-yellow, tarsi 

 brown, posterior femora black at apex. L. 1 — 1\ 1. Com- 

 mon. A. hctescens, Gyll. 



b. Head black. 



Ovate, not very convex. Thorax yellow-red ; under-side 

 black ; antennae red-yellow, brown at apex ; legs red- 

 yellow. L. f 1. Eather common. A. nigriceps, Eedt. 

 -/>. Elytra black, green or blue. 



