U60 



rilYTOrilAGA. 



n. Anterior femora entirely, or almost en- 



t irely, black 



b. Anterior feuiora entirely, or almost entirely, 



red. 



a*. Lateral teeth of thorax strong . . . 

 b*. Luterul teeth of thorax feeble. 



af. Antenna' with the first four joints 



red. 



nj. Size larger; elytra strongly varie- 

 gated with whitish pubescence ; pygi- 

 ilimn usually with dark spots . 

 1> + . Size smaller; elytra indistinctly 

 variegated with whitish pubescence ; 

 pygidium without dark spots . 

 bf- Antenna? wholly red or with the first 



five joints red. 



aj. Anterior and intermediate legs en- 

 tirely red ; antenna?, as a rule, entirely 



red 



LJ. Anterior and intermediate femora 

 more or less infuscate (the inter, 

 mediate pair being almost entirely 

 dark) ; nnteunaa dark, with thu 

 first five joints red 



B. Legs entirely black 



2. Thorax without tooth at sides. 



A. Posterior femora with a distinct tooth before 



apex. 



a. Upper surface with scanty and evenly dis- 

 tributed pubescence ; intermediate legs black . 



b. Upper surface with very thick, strong and 

 uneven, and somewhat variegated pubescence ; 

 intermediate legs, except femora, red . 



B. Posterior femora not toothed; legs entirely 

 black . 



B. MSI, L. 



B. AFHNI8, Fro/. 



B. RUFIMANUS, Boh. 

 B. ATOMARIU8, L. 



B. LUTEICOBNI8, /// 



B. RFFIPES, Herbsf. 



(nubilus, Boh.) 

 B. vici.fi, Ol. 



B. LOTI, Payk. 



B. LENTIS, Boh. 



B. VILLOSUS, F. 



(ater, Marsh.) 



B. pectinicornis, L. (cliinemis, L. ; scutellaris, Steph.). Ovate, 

 pitchy red or reddish-brown, clothed with rather thick pubescence ; 

 antennae rather long and comparatively slender, pectinate in male, 

 rather feebly serrate in female ; thorax a little broader than long, 

 broadest at base, gradually rounded and narrowed in front, without 

 distinct lateral teeth, infuscate, with whitish-grey pubescence, especially 

 at base, the central line and a small spot on each side of it being also 

 whitish; scutellum clothed with whitish pubescence; elytra reddish- 

 brown, darker towards base and sides, irregularly but thickly pubescent, 

 with fine and remote punctured striae; pygidium clothed with thick 

 greyish-white pubescence, with two larger or smaller bare spots ; legs 

 dull red, femora sometimes darker at base ; under-side very thickly 

 pubescent. L. 2|-8| mm. 



Rare, and probably an importation, although it is recorded by Stephens as found 

 on Jleracleum tpondylium in Penge Wood; Old Brompton, crawling on a gate 



