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7. Pronotum (in our species) a little narrower than elytra. Body rather 



narrow and elongate -52. Leptusa Kr. 



8. First joint of hind tarsi elongate, as long as the three follov,ing 



Joints together. The head much narrower than pronotum. :38. Placusa £r. 

 First joint of hind tarsi short, as long as or only very little 



longer than the B^arsnd £• 



9. Temples and genae mi^rginated. First three free dorsal joints of ab- 



domen depressed at base ^6. Spipeda Muls. 



Temples and genae not margined. First four free dorsal joints of ab- 

 domen depressed at base, the sixth at tip v-ith three acute spines 

 of which the middle one is longest (Fig. 93). Body flat and thin. 

 37. Ihectura Thorns. 



10. Body strongly convex, somewhat rough-haired 41. Brachida Muls. 



Body flatly convex, very finely and sparsely haired or naked, most 



often variegated coloring H • 



11. Pronotum narrower and shorter than elytra; head rather porrect... 



39. v^yrophaena Mannh. 



Pronotum about as broad and long as elytra; The head up to the eyes 

 imbedded in the pronotum. Abdomen fully as broad as elytra, con- 

 cave and curved upwardly 40. Encephalus Testw. 



30. Oenus Autalia Uannh. 



(I.;annh. Brach.' 1830, 14; Erichs. Kaf. Llk. Br. I, 291; J^en. Spec. Staph. 

 46; Kraatz Ins. D. II, 29; Thorns. Skand. Col. II, 261; L.uls. et Pey Bre'vip. 

 1871, 31C; ianglb. Kaf. LI. II, 260). 



The species of this, in several respects peculiar genus air* in appear- 



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