MH. J. S. BALT ON SOME SPECIES OF QALEETJCIN^. 



well as others which, from want of sufficient material, I have not 

 had the opportunity of studying, having been omitted. 



The Synoptical Table given below will, I trust, be of use to the 

 future student of the genus. 



Table of Species. 

 Males. 



I. Antennfe filiform. 



A. Elytra transversely depressed or excavated below 



the basilar space. 

 A. Apical segment of abdomen trilobate, the middle 

 lobe oblong or oblong-quadrate, its surface 

 deeply concave or sulcate longitudinally. 

 a. Antennae (the base sometimes excepted) black or 

 fuscous. 



Elytra entirely black. 

 b^. Breast black, the abdomen fulvous or 



fiavous 1. mgripennis= 



b"^. Breast and abdomen rufo-fulvous 2. melanopus. 



a^. Elytra black, with flavous bands or markings. 



c\ Pygidium fulvous 3. albofasciata. 



c\ Pygidium black 4, pygidialis. 



b. Antennse fulvous or flavous, rarely stained 

 towards the apex with fuscous, basal joints 

 sometimes fuscous or black. 

 d}. Elytra entirely black. 



e\ Body broadly ovate 5. melanoptera. 



e^. Body oblong-ovate 6. atripennis. 



d"^. Elytra black, the extreme basal margin rufous. 7. lata. 

 d^. Elytra black, their apices to a greater or less 



extent rufous 8. rosea. 



Elytra black, with flavous markings 9. instabilis. 



B. Apical segment of abdomen trilobate, middle lobe 

 quadrate or subquadrate, its disk plane or only 

 slightly concave. 



a. Thorax rufous or flavous. 



Elytra entirely black 10. Boisduvali. 



Elytra black with flavous markings. 



g^. Body not exceeding 4 lines in length 11. propinqua. 



g^. Body 5 lines or more in length 12. rubrozonata. 



Elytra flavous, with black patches or markings. 13. approximata. 



Elytra flavous, the posterior half black 14. postica. 



Elytra entirely flavous 1.5. testacea. 



b. Thorax black 16. flaviventris. 



B. Elytra not transversely depressed or excavated 



below the basilar space. ,^ 

 A. Trilobate apex of abdomen with its middle lobe 

 deeply concave or longitudinally sulcate. 

 h}. Elytra flavous, unicolorous. 



i^. Antennse, at the base excepted, nigro-fuscous. 



j^i. Legs entirely flavous 17. abdominalis. 



p. Four hind legs black 18. Fabricii. 



i^. Antennse flavous or fulvous. 



k^. Scutellum black or nigro-fuscous. 



l^. Thoracic sulcation deeply excavated 

 on the middle disk, obsolete or in- 

 terrupted towards the lateral margin. 19, nigroscutata. 



