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KEY 'TO IXUIAXA SPECIES OF GALEKUCELLA. 



(I. Anteunie similar in color above and beneath; elytra coarsely punctate, 

 more finely towards apex, 

 b. El^-tra with elongate black markings or narrow stripes. 



c. Side margins of elytra not at all flattened; middle coxce separated 

 by the mesosternum. 

 (?. Elytra very coarsely punctate; thorax more or less shining, the 

 black spots often indistinct. 2160. amekicana. 



<Ul. Elytra less convex and less coarsely and more closely punctate; 

 thorax opaque, the S])Ots distinct. 2161. sexvittata. 



tr. Side margins of elytra distinctly flattened; middle coxte con- 

 tiguous. 

 c. Sutural dark line indistinct or absent, the next inner line long, 

 nearly reaching the apex. (Fig. 507, No. 3.) ixtegea. 



cc. Sutural dark line distinct. 



/. Sutural dark stripe joined by the next at or behind the mid- 

 dle. (Fig. 507, No. 4.) 2162. notulata. 

 /;'. Uai'k stripe next to the sutural one ver.v short, basal. (Fig. 

 507, No. 5.) 2163. notata. 

 bb. Elytra without elongate dark marks, the side margins often paler. 

 (/. Color dull brick red ; head red. 

 h. Elytra more coarsely punctured, the intervals between the punc- 

 tures distinct; surface shining. 2164. cavicollis. 

 hh. Elytra finely and denselj- punctured; surface subopaque. 



RVFOSANGI'INEIA. 



i/fi. Color dull yellow, brownish or piceous; occiput usually piceous. 

 (. Form convex, elytra coarsely punctate. 



2160a. var. amebicana. 

 //. Form subdepressed. 



J. Middle cox;l' separated b.\- a prolongation of the mesosternum ; 

 thorax angulate at middle, subsinuate behind, hind angles 

 obtuse. 2165. xymph-E.t:. 



jj. Jliddle coxiB coutisnous; hind augles of thorax distinct. 



k. Thorax irregularly punctate, with smooth areas along the 

 apex aud near the front angles; elytra dull reddish-brown. 



21G0. TUBEBCBLATA. 



kk. Thorax densely and evenly punctured and opaque ; elytra 



dull brownish-yellow to piceous. 2167. decora. 



aa. Antennre piceous above, pale beneath ; el^-tra rather finely and equally 



punctate. 2168. lcteoi^. 



2160 (6899 ■». Galeeicella amekicaxa Fabr., Syst. Eleut., I, 1801, 489. 



Cival, mure couvex than in the other species. Dull jellow, sparsely 

 pubescent ; elytra each witli three piceous lines, these ofteu indistinct or 

 even wanting (Fig. 507. Xn. 1) : apical half of antennae, and sometimes the 

 metasternuni and abdomen, piceous. Thorax more than twice as wide as 

 long, wider at base than apex, sides curved, surface sometimes sparsely 

 (female), more usually rather coarsely and closely punctate. Elytra oval 

 with i-ouuded humeri, sides nut flattened, sarface very coarsely, deeply and 

 rather closely punctate. Length 4-6 mm. 



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