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partially to cover the ventral surface. Both Nees and 

 Ratzeburg have confused these genera ; the former by 

 regarding Calyptus fasciatus as a Sigalplius, the latter 

 by describing S. palUdipes under the name of Bradiistes 

 {Calyptus) fcigi. 



Table of Species. 



Thorax rufous 

 Thorax black. 



Both sutures of the carapace obsolete . . 

 One or two sutures distinct. 

 Palpi testaceous 

 6. Palpi black, or blackish. 



Larger species, more than 1 lin., some- 

 times li lin. long. 

 Abdomen ovate, subdepressed, not wider 

 behind ; terebra J as long as the body 

 Abdomen subglobose, convex, widest be- 

 hind ; terebra J shorter than the body 

 Smaller species, 1 lin. long, or less. 

 Abdomen widest behind, obtuse . . 

 (11) 12. Abdomen widest in the middle, attenuated 



behind. 

 (14) 13. Terebra J longer than the body 

 (13) 14. Terebra J much shorter than the body 



8. tliomcicus, Cur. 

 7. anihiguiis, Nees. 

 5. 2}aUidipes, Nees. 



3. ^triatnltis, Nees. 

 6. luteq)es, Thorns. 



4. obscurellus, Nees. 



1. Cauda tun, Nees. 



2. floricola, Wesm. 



1. Sigalplius caudatus, Nees. 



SigalpJms caudatus, Nees, Mon,, i., 268 ; Wesm., Nouv. 

 Mem. Ac. Brux., 1835, p. 210; Eatz., Ichn. 

 d. Forst., ii., 25; iii.,26; Cur., Farm. Ins., pp. 239, 

 244, pi. H., frontisp., f. 20, and pi. xxxv., f. 15, 

 (? ? ; Thoms., Opusc. Ent., vi., 1874, p. 561. 

 Triaspis caudatus, Hal., Ent. Mag., iii., 126, 3- ? 



(excl. var.). 

 Black, shining, legs piceous, tibiae rufescent ; antennae ? shorter 

 than the body, 19 — 23-jointed, those of the ^ somev^hat longer 

 than the body, 20 — 24-jointed; abdominal carapace tripartite, 

 segments 1 — 2, and often 3 at the base and sides, rimulose ; seg- 

 ment 3 of the $ more shining. Terebra $ longer than the body. 

 Stigma black. Length, f — 1 ; wings, li — 2;^ lin. 



Mandibles rufescent ; palpi piceous. Mesothoracic sutm-es finely 

 punctulate ; metathorax uneven, sometimes irregularly carinated, 

 punctulate. Abdomen ovate ; 3d segment of the J subrimulose, 

 of the ^ smooth and shining. Legs piceous, coxae black; fore 

 femora at the apex, and tibiae, rufescent; middle and hind til)ia> at 

 the apex, and tarsi, fuscous. The femora of the ? are a little 



