200 



CLAVICORNIA. 



[Ih'ster. 



bf. Sutnral stria of elytra reaching' 

 only from about middle to apex ; 

 teeth of front tibiao rather 

 strong. 



nj. Size larger ; thorax less strong- 

 ly narrowed in front ; frontal 

 stria more distinctly angled in 



middle 



b. Size smaller; thorax more 

 strongly narrowed in front ; 

 frontal stria less distinctly 



angled in middle 



3. Elytra without lateral stria ; thorax with 

 two lateral striae on each side, the outer 

 one being sometimes visible only near 

 anterior angles. 



A. Elytra black with red markings. 



a. Prosternal process emarginate at apex ; 

 outer lateral stria of thorax long, 

 scarcely abbreviated 



b. Prosternal process not emarginate, more 

 or less pointed or rounded ; outer 

 lateral stria of thorax abbreviated . . 



B. Elytra entirely black ; outer lateral stria 

 of thorax very short, visible at anterior 

 angles 



. Mesosternum truncate in front or slightly 

 rounded, prosternum quite straight ; thorax 

 with one lateral stria on each side (sub-gen. 

 Atholus, Thorns.) 



1. Elytra black; anterior tibia? with three 



teeth. 



A. Elytra without marginal subhumeral 

 stria 



B. Klytra with a more or less distinct abbre- 

 viated subhumeral stria 



2. Elytra with a large red spot on each towards 

 apex ; anterior tibioo with four teeth . . . 



H. NEGLECTPS, Germ. 



H. CAHBONAEIUS, III. 



(H. QUADRiNOTATUS, Scriba.) 



(H. SINTJATTTS, HI.) 

 H. BISSEXSTRIATUS, F, . 



H. 12-STEIATTJS, SeJt. 



Var. 14-STBiATUS, Gyll. 



H. BIMACULATUS, L. 



H. quadrimaculatus, L. Somewhat depressed, oblong-or subquad- 

 rate, with sides somewhat widened and rounded in middle ; black with 

 a large crescent-shaped red spot on each, which is very variable in shape, 

 being often interrupted and forming four patches, and sometimes being 

 absent altogether (F. cethiops, Heer) ; thorax with one entire lateral 

 stria, and a much abbreviated outer stria which is sometimes obsolete ; 

 elytra with no sutural stria, but with three entire dorsal strise and an 

 abbreviated subhumeral stria ; pygidium much more thickly punctured 

 than propygidium; anterior tibiae with three strong teeth. L. 7-11 

 mm. 



stria ; by some authors tbe striaj arc counted from the sutural stria, but as the striae 

 near suture are usually abbreviated and often obsolete, this method of counting gives 

 rise to much confusion. 





