(Pa^e 246) 

 4. Head rather robustly, but not densely punctated. Blytra in ths O^ at 



the suture posteriorly with a fine, yet distinct longitudinal ca- 

 rina. L. 4-4.5 mm 3. B. lu nulata Payk. 



Head coarsely and densely punctated. Elytra in the o^at suture poster- 

 iorly most often without distinct longitudinal carina. L. 3, £-4 



mm 4 . B. bella Mark . 



1. B. lucida Jravh. 



(:}ravh. Micropt. 7C; Erichs. 5en. Spec. Staph. 58; Kraatz Ins. D. II, 

 38; r.'uls. et Rey Erevip. 1871, 198; IJanjlb. Kaf. M. II, 264). 



Somewhat larger and darker than the ordinary lunulata . with narrower 

 neck, broader pronotum and more coarsely punctated elytra. 



Brobnish-red or reddish-brown, somewhat jlistenin^, finely and sparse- 

 ly haired; the head darkly brown, pronotum often also darkly brownish; 

 elytra brownish-black, with a more or less extensive, obliquely inwardly 

 directed spot on humeri, and their posterior part at the suture brownish- 

 red; a band before the tip of abdomen brownish-black; antennae brownish, 

 their base and tip, mouth-parts and legs reddish or brownish yellow. 



The head nearly as broad as pronotum, rather robustly, but not dense- 

 ly punctated, posteriorly strongly rounded narrowing and rather strongly 

 constricted, so that the neck is hardly half as broad as the head across 

 the eyes; antennae rather long and robust, thickened distally, their third 

 joint fully as long as the second, the fourth and fifth longer than broad, 

 the following and the next-last feebly increasing, but distinctly trans- 

 verse, distal joint tapering, as long as the two preceding Joints togeth- 

 er. Pronotum much narrower than elytra, somewhat broader than long, with 



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