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— Elytra strongly sinuate at the postero- 



external angle. Tongue narrow and 

 elongate, the apex only bifid . . Hoplandria Kr.* 



4. Thorax with four large punctures placed 

 quadrately on the disc. Species 

 robust, oblong .... Tetrasticta Kr. 



— Thorax without four quadrately placed 



punctures on the disc. Species more 



elongate Paraleochara Cam. 



TABLES OF THE SPECIES. 

 Eleusis Cast. 



1. Species black, the elytia testaceous with 



apical margin narrowly black . . humilis Er. 



— Species in great part testaceous or reddish- 



testaceous. 2. 



2. Elytra very narrowly infuscate pos- 



teriorly. 3. 



— Elytra broadly infuscate posteriorly . lunigera Fauv, 



3. Species smaller (1-6 mm.); head more 



or less pitchy ..... fttsciceps Kr. 



— Species larger (3 mm.); head reddish 



testaceous ..... kraatzi Fauv. 



Leptochirus Germ. 

 1. Front of head without impressed line; 

 prosternal process much widened 

 behind (Sub-gen. Strongylochirus 

 Bernh.). Clypeus declivous, separated 

 from the front by a transverse line and 

 from the sides by a curved impiessed 

 line ...... 



laevis cast. 



Borolinus Bernh. 

 1. Red, the elytra and apical part of the 

 abdomen more or less black. Length 

 8 to 10 mm. . . . {minutus Cast.) v. cruentus Fauv. 



* Stated by Kraatz (Linn. Ent. 1857, p. 4) to have the anterior 

 tarsi 4-jointed ; this is incorrect. The minute accessory joint 

 of the maxillary and labial palpi was also overlooked by this 

 author. 



