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Thorax black, with yellow margin ; elytra with spot behind as in S. 

 teutonus. Length 2 \ lines - - - S vespertinus. 



B. Length 1 1 to 2 lines : — 



1. Thorax red, with or without a dark spot on the disk. 



a. Posterior angles of the thorax sharp right angles ; elytra long, reddish 



with a black spot. Length 2 lines - - S. consputus. 



b. Posterior angles of the thorax blunt or rounded. 



Thorax entirely yellow ; elytra brown, darker behind. Length 1J 



lines - - - - - S.flavicottis. 



Thorax reddish ; elytra yellow, with a large blue-black spot. Length 



1 j to 2 lines - - - - - S. elegans. 



Thorax red, with a black spot on the disk ; elytra with a dark blotch 



on each side. Length lj lines - - - 3. Gyllenhali. 



2. Thorax black or pitchy. 



Elytra entirely brown or pitchy. Length If lines - S. brunnipes. 

 Elytra black, with a yellow suture and base. Length 1§ lines - - 



S. meridianus, 



C. Length \\ lines : — 



Entirely pitch black, except the antennae and legs - S. exiguus. 



Most of the species of this genus are uncommon; S. vespertinus and 

 S. meridianus are the species most frequently met with. S. brunnipes and 

 S.flavicottis are both scarce; while the rest of the species occur occasionally. 



BRADYCELLUS. 

 This genus resembles somewhat the preceding, but the elytra are more 

 rounded at the sides ; the intermediate tarsi of the males are not dilated ; 

 and the largest species measures only a little over 2 lines. 



A. — Without a short stria near the scutellum. Elytra yellow brown, with a 



faint darker spot near the suture. Length 2 lines - - B. placidus. 



B. — Short scutellary stria present. 



1. Antennae pitchy, with the basal joint red ; elytra with fine pubescence. 



Length 2 lines - - - - - B. cognatus, 



2. Antenna yellowish or reddish; elytra not pubescent. 



a. Upper side brownish yellow ; posterior angles of the thorax sharp 



right angles. Length 2| lines - B. distinctus. 



Posterior angles of the thorax blunt ; upper side pale yellow red. 



Length %\ lines - - - - - B. verbascu 



Posterior angles of the thorax completely rounded ; upper side brown ; 



elytra long. Length 2 lines ~ - - B. harpalinus. 



Head and thorax red; elytra brown, and broader in proportion to 



to their length than in harpalinus. Length 1J lines - B. collaris. 



