MORDELLTSTENA. 351 



spine short. L. IJ 1. Not uncommon, 



M. inaequalis, Muls. 



Anaspis, 



A, Thorax black. 



a. Elytra entirely black. 



J. Appendices of third abdominal segment of male 

 curved at apex, fifth segment foveolate. 



Black, with very fine brown pubescence ; base of an- 

 tennae, mouth and anterior legs rust-red. Posterior angles 

 of thorax right angles ; elytra with very fine transverse 

 scratches. L. If 1. Common. A. frontalis, Lin. 



II» Appendices of third abdominal segment of male 

 linear, reaching fifth segment, which is straight. 



Black, shiny ; base of antennae red-yellow ; mouth and 

 legs brown, anterior pair dark rust-red. Posterior angles of 

 thorax nearly acute. More distinctly strigose than A. 

 frontalis, antennae with second joint longer, fourth nar- 

 rower and a little shorter than fifth, last joint of palpi less 

 broadly hatchet-shaped. L. 1;| 1. Not common. 



A. rufilabris, Gyll. 



Ill, Appendices of third abdominal segment of 

 male reaching beyond fifth segment, which is 

 bilobed. 



Black, pubescent ; base of antennae, mouth and front 

 pairs of legs yellow; posterior legs generally black or 

 brown. Antennae thickened from seventh joint, second 

 joint at least half as large as third, latter and fourth 

 longest, nearly equal, sixth to tenth longer than broad. L. 

 1^ — If 1. Common. A. forcipata, Muls. 



b. Elytra black, with a light spot at shoulder. 



Black ; base of antennae, a spot at shoulder of each 

 elytron and usually also anterior tibiae red-yellow ; pubes- 

 cence fine, gray. L. 1 — 1^1. Common. A. fasciata,Foist. 



IB, Thorax red or yellow-brown. * 



a. Elytra black. 



I. Hinder half of head black. 



Similar to A. thoracica but with hinder half of head 



