Anisohnna.'] 



CLAVICORNIA. 



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b. Second joint of antenna scarcely longer than 

 broad, club usually ligbt 



B. Average size smaller (2J-4i mm.) ; form short 

 oval. 



a. Colour dark pitchy -brown or blackish ; 

 length 3-4A mm. janteunaj with the penul- 

 timate joints more transverse, and the last 

 hardly as broad as the preceding .... 



b. Colour brown-red or yellowish-red ; length 

 2i-3| mm. : antennaj with the penultimate 

 joints less transverse and the last quite as 



broad as or broader than the precedmg. 

 a* Thorax not quite as broad as elytra, with 

 sides distinctly rounded, posterior angles 



blunt .• : • 



b* Thorax as broad as elytra, with sides 

 almost parallel from a little behind middle 

 to base, posterior angles almost right 



angles 



2. Anterior tibise narrow. 



a Thorax smooth on disc : mesosternum strongly 

 ' and sharply keeled ; striae of elytra with the 

 punctures set comparatively far apart, 

 a*. Size smaller ; posterior angles of thorax 



right angles n ' , ' 



b*. Size larger ; posterior angles of thorax 



slightly obtuse • 



b. Thorax more or less plainly punctured 

 throughout : mesosternum finely keeled, 

 a*. Striaj of elytra more coarsely punctured 

 b*'. Stria3 of elytra more finely punctured, 

 af. Posterior angles of thorax very obtuse, 



almost rounded • • 



b+. Posterior angles of thorax slightly 

 obtuse, but projecting, 

 aj. Club of antenna} unicolorous ; 

 upper surface ferruginous. 

 *. Club of antennee long and nar- 

 row, with the last joint not broader 

 than the penultimate . . - • • 

 **. Club of antennce broad, with 

 the last joint slightly broader than 



the penultimate 



bj. Club of antenna; dark ; upper sur- 

 face usually dark, or with thorax 

 dark and elytra ferruginous . . . 



Club of antennae as a rule broad, with the last 



joint plainly narrower than the penultimate. 

 1. Anterior tibiae narrow. 



A. OBLONGA, Ur. {grandis, 

 Fairm.). 



A. PICEA, III. 



A. DTJBIA, Kug.* 



A. OBESA, Schmidt* 



A. BADIA, Sturm. 

 A. SIMILATA, Bye.\ 



A. sciTA, Er. 



A. OVALIS, Schmidt. 



A. BRUNNEA, Sturm. 



A. ci/ATicoENis, Rye. 



A. PTJNCTUIATA, Oyll. 



(litura, Steph.). 



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* These two species are so closely allied that they can hardly be regarded as speci- 



cally distinct. 

 •|- It appears t( 

 of the preceding. 



^'f \ttpTears to be very probable that this species may eventually prove to be a form 



