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pubescence ; antennae and legs lurid red-yellow or almost 

 entirely pitch -brown. Head broad, truncate behind, 

 strongly and closely punctured, almost in wrinkles, central 

 line impunctate ; thorax short, closely and not very 

 strongly punctured; elytra much broader than thorax, 

 truncate at base, convex, short ovate at sides on apical 

 third-part, punctuation tolerably strong, almost confluent. 

 Broader than A. angustatus, with antennae shorter and 

 stouter, thorax broader, elytra much wider and shoulders 

 more prominent. L. 1^ 1. Scarce. A. scoticus, Eye, 



2, Thorax long ; femora black. 



Black ; antennae and tibiae brown ; tarsi reddish ; pu- 

 bescence fine. Head as long as broad, eyes small ; thorax 

 longer than broad, sides nearly straight from before middle 

 to base, nearly as broad as head in front, much narrowed 

 behind ; elytra oblong-ovate ; punctuation rather close, 

 that of head and thorax fine, that of elytra stronger. L. 

 1;^ 1. Eather common. A. Schaumi, WoU. 



III. Elytra black, with well-defined yellowish-red 

 markings. 



Black ; a large spot on elytra near base and an oblique 

 band (usually dilated at suture before and behind) behind 

 middle yellowish-red ; antennae black ; tibiae sometimes 

 brown ; tarsi yellow-brown ; pubescence fine and rather 

 close, gray. L. 1^ — IJ 1. Common. 



A. antherinus, Lin. 



PYBOCHROIDAE. 



Last joint of maxillary palpi hatchet-shaped, narrow and 

 acute at apex ; eyes widely emarginate, placed much apart 

 above, Pyrochroa, Geoffr. 



JPyrochroa. 



A. Head black. 



Black ; thorax and elytra scarlet. Forehead with a 

 quadrangular impression, rounded behind and in male 

 sharply defined. L. 7 — 8 1. Moderately common. 



P. coccinea, Lin. 

 JB, Head red. 



a. Thorax blood-red ; length 4^ — 5 J lines. 



