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13 — Elytral vestiture uniform in coloration or very feebly and confusedly 



mottled 14 



Elytral vestiture broadly white toward the sides, abruptly and broadly brown 



along the suture 16 pleuralis 



14 — Elytral scales moderate in size, rather persistent 15 



Elytral scales very large, oval and pointed, easily removable. ..17 ol>tectlls 

 15 — Beak in the female very long and slender, with the anteunre inserted far 

 behind the middle. 

 Pronotum more shining, the punctuation finer and sparser ; size rather 



small 18 sordidiis 



Pronotum densely punctate. 



Larger species, the legs usually red ; beak in the female squamulose only 



near the base 19 coiistrictlis 



Smaller species, the legs piceous ; beak of the female more or less squamose 



in basal half 20 griseus 



Beak in the female much shorter, with the antennte inserted at the middle ; 

 elytral vestiture just perceptibly more condensed on the sutural interval. 



21 conniTeiis 

 16 — The elytral vestiture uneven only toward the suture ; prothorax about 



as long as wide, slightly constricted behind the apex 22 sei'iatUS 



The vestiture uneven throughout the elytral disk 17 



IT — Elytra much longer than wide, not wider near the middle 18 



Elytra but very slightly longer than wide, appreciably wider near the middle 



than at base 22 



18 — Elytra more or less rufous, at least toward the sides 19 



Elytra black throughout 20 



19 — Prothorax large, very nearly as long as wide, the punctures coarse, 

 rounded and not confluent. 

 Smaller species, the pronotal scales narrower sparser and hair-like toward 



the middle 23 liducialis 



Larger, the pronotum evenly but not extremely densely squamose through- 

 out 24 scapalis 



Prothorax rather large, transverse, strongly rounded at the sides, the punc- 

 tures oval and more or less confluent, forming long rugas ; vestiture dense 



but strongly mottled 25 flaTicans 



Prothorax moderately large, convex, strongly constricted near the apex, nearly 

 as long as wide, the punctures rounded, dense but not confluent ; body 



rufous 26 COllgestllS 



Prothorax small or moderately large, always strongly rounded on the sides 

 and with the punctures reniform or lunate ; elytral vestiture consisting 

 of isolated wavy lines or sjjots of condensed scales, the interspaces almost 

 glabrous. 

 Pronotal punctures rather sparse, widely isolated on the disk, the inter- 

 spaces polished 27 tycliioides 



Pronotal punctures dense. 



Pronotum with a median impunctate line, which is almost entire and 

 finely granulato-reticulate 28 sagittatllS 



