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Key to tlie Species. 



I. Prothorax not markedly narrow and 

 elongate, usually subquadrate, or 

 slightly longer than broad, 

 i. Elytra more or less uneven, velvety or 

 with velvety patches, but not foveo- 

 late. 



1. Elytra much narrower at base than 



behind middle, apices much pro- 

 duced dromicoides, Chaucl., p. 340. 



2. Elytra with the sides parallel or sub- 



parallel, apices not, or scarcely, pro- 

 duced. 



A. Elytra w itli two transverse velvety 



patches on each, meeting or nearly 

 meeting, at suture. 



a. Labrum testaceous ; elytra not 



strongly punctured or shining on 

 their anterior fourth part. 

 «*. Size smaller (9-10 mm.) ; pro- 



notum broader in proportion and [p. 341. 



more narrowed behind funebris, Schm.-Goeb., 



b*. Size larger (10-1H mm.); pro- 



notum narrower in proportion [p. 342. 



and less narrowed behind motschulskyi, W. Horn, 



b. Labrum dark, metallic ; elytra dull 



with the anterior fourth part 



strongly punctured and shining. . indica, Fleut., p. 342. 



B. Elytra each with a longer or shorter 



longitudinal smooth velvety patch 

 parallel with the suture (usually 

 distinct, out occasionally more or 

 less obsolete in some specimens). 



a. Eyes less prominent ; elytra more 



thickly punctured at the sides, 

 a*. Elytra with larger punctures 



towards the base triguttata, Herbst, p. 343. 



b*. Elytra without larger punctures 



towards the base fallaciosa, W. Horn, p. 343. 



b. Eyes more prominent ; elytra less 



thickly punctured towards the 

 sides. 



a*. Posterior trochanters pitchy ; 

 episterna of prosternum strongly 



punctured belli, W. Horn, p. 344. 



Trochanters clear red ; episterna 



of prosternum impunctate or [p. 345. 



nearly impunctate umbropolita, W. Horn, 



ii. Elytra more or less distinctly foveolate 

 or subfoveolate. 



1. Elytra shining black, strongly foveo- 



late ; labrum testaceous foveolata, Schaum, p. 345. 



2. Elytra dull black, scarcely foveolate ; 



labrum dark holosericea, F. (= viduata, F. ?), p. 345. 



