214 CUEC'tTLIONI D.^. 



76 (77) Elytra short ; legs and aiiteniiie more 



slender breviiwnnis, Fst., p. 241. 



77 (76) Elytra more elongate; legs and an- 



tenn;e stouter. 



78 (79) Elytra impressed at the base ; interval 



3 with a basal pale stripe /r«?/i("rflte,Chev.,p.241, 



79 (78) Elytra not impressed at the base, their 



dorsal outline continuous with that 



of the prothorax ; interval •'! without ,7 ,. 



a nale ba-^al '^trine humerahs var. aurt- 



bO (o) Elytra with stria b reaching the base ' » ' 1 



or uniting with stria 9; prothorax 

 truncate or rounded at the base, never 

 bisinuate ; elytra truncate or jointly 

 sinuate at the base, without a humeral 

 callus. 



81 (94) Anterior margin of prothorax truncate 



laterally ; funicle witli joint 7 longer 

 than the club, and 1 longer than 2 ; 

 scape distinctly ciir\ed and not ex- 

 ceeding anterior margin of prothorax. 



82 (87) Forehead with two sharply conical 



elevations. 



83 (84) Stri;e on elytra shallow, the punctures 



large and round, as broad as the in- 

 tervals ; prothorax without any 

 darker lateral stripe pudibwulus, Est., p. 242. 



84 (83) Strise on elytra narrower and deeper, 



the punctures much less distinct and 

 much narrower than the intervals ; 

 prothorax with a sharply defined 

 broad dark lateral stripe, which e.x- 

 tends on to the base of the elytra. 



85 (86) Scutellum small, but distinct ; pro- 



thorax not constricted at base, which 



is evidently broader than the apex, 



the .sides moderately rounded ; apices [p. 243. 



of elytra dehiscent liinhaticollis, sp. n., 



86 (85) Scutellum invisible ; prothorax con- 



stricted at base, which is scarcely 

 broader than the apex, the sides 

 strongly rounded in the middle ; 

 apices of elytra jointly rounded .... olilonyus, sp. n., p. 243. 



87 (82) Forehead without conical elevations. 



88 (91) liostriim dilated towards the apex ; 



prothorax as long as broad or slio htly 

 longer than broad ; dark markings 

 on elytra not terminating abruptly 

 at the declivity; size large (13-17 

 mm.). 



89 (90) Intervals 4, 5 and 6 of the elytra cari- 



nate ; set* at posterior apical angle 

 of hind tibiie black ; lower surface of 

 body without any metallic colouring ; 

 funicle with joint 3 evidently longer 

 than 4 arrogmis, IJoh., p. 244. 



