340 HETEROMERA — MELANDRYIDAE. 



6. Abdomen pitch-black ; length 1^ — If lines. 



Oblong. Under-side pitch-black ; upper-side usually 

 rather lighter ; mouth, antennae and legs reddisli-pitch- 

 brown. Base of thorax slightly bisinuate, with an im- 

 pression on each side, punctuation wrinkled. Not un- 

 common. 0. minor, Walk. 



S» Elytra pitch-brown, with three reddish-yellow-brown 

 bands, the middle one strongly waved. 



Head, thorax and under-side pitch-brown ; antennae and 

 legs rust-red. Punctuation very fine. L. 2| 1. Not com- 

 mon. 0. undulata, Kr. 



Sallomenus, 



Brownish-yellow ; thorax with two black spots ; elytra 

 generally darker than thorax, paler at base, with very feeble 

 striae. Punctuation very fine, wrinkled. L. 2\ — 2^ 1. 

 Not uncommon. H. humeralis, Panz. 



Anisoxya. 



Tolerably cylindrical, narrowed behind. Pitch-brown, 

 basal and apical margins of thorax, mouth, base of antennae 

 and legs yellow-red, pubescence gray. Punctuation fine 

 and close. L. 1^ — If 1. Scarce. A. fuscula, 111. 



Abdera. 



A , Elytra black, with light markings. 

 a. Middle of suture of elytra black. 



I, Base of thorax reddish-yellow ; pale bands on 

 elytra broad. 



Black ; mouth, basal and apical margins of thorax red- 

 dish-yellow ; base of antennae and legs pale yellow-brown ; 

 elytra with a light curved band before middle and a nar- 

 rower one behind middle ; pubescence feeble. L. 1| — If 1. 

 Scarce. A. quadrifasciata, Steph. 



II, Base of thorax black ; pale bands on elytra 

 narrow. 



Pitch-black, pubescent, finely punctured ; elytra glabrous, 

 with two reddish-yellow bands, the broader one before, the 



