l:2:>s PAMiT.y uv. — bruchtd/K. 



B. cruentatus Horn, length 8 mm., was described from Georgia, 

 Illinois and Texas; B. nign'nus Horn, length 3-3.5 mm., is known 

 from the "Middle States." 



GRonp B. 



KEY TO SPECIES OF GBODP B. 



i(. Hind femur with a tootli in addition to denticles. 

 h. Hind femur with one tooth and two denticles. 



t . Elytra dull reddish-yellow ; body beneath black, abdomen reddish. 



2291. PECTOEAUS. 



(•(■■. Elytra entirel.'^' black or dark laceous. 

 d. Legs all black. 



r. Scutellum round, densely clothed with white pubescence. 



2202. ALBOSCUTELLATUS. 



cc. Scutellum more or less elongate. 



f. Pubescence of elytra variable in color, grayish ; interrupted 

 on intervals, which are coarsely punctured. 



2293. DiSTiNGUENDUS, male. 



//. Pubescence uniform in disposition and color, that of elytra 



very sparse. 2294. calvus. 



dd. Legs bicolored, front and middle ones reddish, hind femora black 



in part. 



g. Abdomen reddish or brownish-yellow. 2295. obtectus. 



gg. Abdomen and entire under surface black. 



/(. Pubescence of elytra Interrupted on the Intervals by darker 



spots ; spur of hind tiblie of normal length. 



j. Thorax roughly punctured; elytral intervals with coarse 



punctures. 2293. distinguendus, female. 



a. Thorax not roughly punctured; elytral intervals finely 



punctulate. 229G. hibisci. 



Ml. Pubescence sparse, forming an X-like design ; terminal spur 



of hind tibi;e nearly half the len.gth of the tibia itself. 



2297. ix)NGiSTiLrs. 

 66. Hind femur with one tooth and three denticles. 



j. Oval, robust; black, clothed with grayish hairs. 229S. Ntrscri.us. 

 jj. Oblong-oval ; black, the elytra in great part rufmis. 



2299. exiguus. 

 aa. Hind femur with a few small denticles only. 



/.-. Antenna; not as long as head and thorax. 2300. seminuh'm. 



/,A-. Antennre longer than the entire body. 2301. macrocerus. 



2291(7141). BeT'chus PECTORALis Horn, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc IV 1S73 

 333. 



ObloMg-oval, rather robust. Elytra and abdomen dull red, the former 

 sparsely clothed witli silken yellowish pubescence; head, thorax meso- and 

 metasterna black; antennre black, three basal joints rufous; legs pale 

 rufous, bases of hind femora and tibire piceous. Thorax scarcely as wide 



