osphYa. 343 



OspJiya, 



Male. Black ; mouth, more or less of margins of thorax, 

 base of antemiae and legs (except apex of posterior femora) 

 reddish-yellow ; disc of elytra sometimes light. Female 

 yellow-brown ; vertex of head, two points on thorax, apex 

 (rarely also disc) of elytra and breast black. L. 3 — 5 1, 

 Scarce. O.lipunctata, Fab, 



LAGBIIJDAB. 



Head with a very thick neck ; last joint of maxillary 

 palpi strongly hatchet-shaped ; apex of mandibles bifid ; 

 eyes strongly emarginate ; antennae gradually thickened, 

 last joint elongate ; thorax cylindrical ; elytra dilated 

 behind, somewhat inflated ; penultimate tarsal joint sub- 

 bilobed. Lagria, Fab. 



JLagria. 



Black ; elytra brownish-yellow, soft : pubescence long 

 and rough. Male with thorax as long as broad, diffusely 

 punctured, and elytra narrow ; female with thorax broader 

 than long, closely punctured, with central line smooth and 

 elytra broader. L. 4 — 5 1. Common. L. hirta, Lin. 



PBDILinAB, 



A, Thorax nearly semicircular, not much narrower than 

 elytra ; pronotum separated from sides of prothorax. 



Last joint of maxillary palpi hatchet-shaped ; antennae 

 a little longer than thorax ; body strongly pubescent ; eyes 

 emarginate. Scraptia, Latr. 



S, Thorax nearly quadrangular, much narrower than 

 elytra, pronotum not separated from sides of pro- 

 thorax. 



Last joint of maxillary palpi hatchet-shaped ; antennae 

 at least as long as half body ; pubescence fine ; eyes 

 emarginate. Xylophilus, Latr. 



Scraptia, 



A. Thorax without basal depressions. 



