220 DESCRIPTIONS OP NEW SPECIES. 



* Prothorax densely and coarsely punctured ; 5th ventral in 



^ flattened and truncate ; 

 Elytra reddish, testaceous, fuscous towards the tip, which is transversely 



truncate. 43. SANGUIXEA.* 



Elytra obliquely truncate at tip ; entirely black, lugens Lee ; 9 elytra 



scarlet, with a snbsutural spot before the middle, one near the side at 



the middle and tip black, Icelijicu Lee. 44. L^TIFICA. 



Elytra testaceous, feebly truncate, apex and subapical band black ; 



pubescence very long. 45. HIRTELLA n. sp. 



** Prothorax less densely punctured ; 5th ventral $ flattened 



and broadly rounded ; 



Elytra obliquely truncate and subdentate at tip ; black with yellow 

 markings, consisting of a subscutellar spot, and two transverse bands 

 connected at the suture, more or less interrupted. 46. QUADRILLUM. 



*** Prothorax coarsely punctured, elytra densely pubescent with 

 golden hair arranged transversely, 5th ventral ^ scarcely 

 impressed ; 



Elytra transversely truncate, frequently fuscous at the sides : a. pubes- 

 cence of elytra longer and denser, chrysocoma Kirby; &. pubescence of 

 elytra shorter, auripilis Lee. 47. CHRYSOCOMA. 



**** Prothorax usually densely and coarsely punctured, trans- 

 versely impressed and constricted behind, disk more or less 

 channelled ; pubescence of elytra short and sparse ; 5th 

 ventral of scarcely impressed; 

 First joint of middle tarsi as long as the two following; prothorax feebly 



impressed ; 

 Pubescence of prothorax golden, elytra testaceous, suture and lateral 



vitta extending to tip black. 48. NIGROLINEATA. 



Black, pubescence brown, elytra and legs testaceous, prothorax subau- 



gulated on the sides, elytra more coarsely punctured. 49. RUFDLA. 

 First joint of middle tarsi scarcely longer than 2d ; (sides of elytra more 



sinuate) ; 



Elytra testaceous, tip black. 50. PKOXIMA. 



Entirely black, (more robust in form). 51. ATRATA. 



First joint of middle tarsi as long as the two following, prothorax sparsely 

 punctured, more deeply channelled and impressed ; (hind angles of 

 head more tumid, and nearly square, elytra elevated at the base) ; 

 Fusco testaceous, elytra paler with a medial marginal dark spot, an- 

 tennae very long. 52. BIFORIS. 

 Black, antennae moderate. DOLOROSA. 

 d. Antennae not annulated, llth joint scarcely appendiculate, elytra 

 elevated at the base, elongate, scarcely truncate, feebly nar- 

 rowed from the base in , , not densely but very finely pubescent, 

 yellow with black spots or bands ; prothorax bell-shaped, 



* Allied to the European cincta Fabr. 



