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ventral (cf) not impressed apically. Length (cf 9 ) 9.5-10.3 mm.; 

 width 2.4-3.1 mm. Colorado. Levette collection. [Acmccops ligata 



Lee.] ligata Lee. 



Body nearly as in the preceding in outline but smaller and with less 

 abbreviated and much more evident pubescence above, and espe- 

 cially on the abdomen, where it is closer though not dense as it is in 

 puncliventris; head and prothorax in form and sculpture nearly as 

 in ligata, the tempora still more oblique and the eyes somewhat 

 more prominent; antennae (9) pale in color throughout, slightly 

 shorter than in the preceding; elytra very pale flavo-testaceous, a 

 rather abrupt narrow common sutural vitta black, the apices 

 similarly narrowly truncate, with broadly rounded external and 

 sharply denned sutural angles, the punctures similar, though rela- 

 tively finer apically ; legs very pale testaceous throughout in the type, 

 the under surface wholly deep black. Length (9 ) 8.4 mm.; width 

 2.75 mm. Colorado (Veta Pass), Schwarz alticola n. sp. 



The species described by LeConte under the name Acmceops 

 vincta, I have not seen; it is entirely similar to ligata, according to 

 the descriptions, but with denser thoracic sculpture. Dorsalis Lee., 

 is also unknown to me; it is united with subpilosa by LeConte 

 (Sm. Misc. Coll., 264, p. 209) but I suspect erroneously, as the author 

 also united lupina with subpilosa at the same time, these species 

 being amply different and not at all synonymous. Marginalis Lee., 

 may be a true synonym of longicornis, as stated (1. c.), since the 

 extent of the pale vittation of the elytra is variable to some extent, 

 as noted above under ligata. Leptura spuria Lee., also belongs to 

 this subgenus of Leptacmceops, but I have no example before me at 

 present; it seems closely allied to subpilosa, but is not the same as 

 militaris as stated by G. H. Horn. In punctiventris there is fre- 

 quently only the black sutural vitta, extending from base virtually 

 to the apex, where it is much narrowed. 



The locality Sta. Cruz Co., given under the original description 

 of variipes (Ann. N. Y. Acad., VI, p. 38) was taken from a specimen 

 of the series bearing this definite label; others had simply " Cal " 

 as a label, one of which, the type, I find had a minute label con- 

 cealed by the other and bearing the initials " S. D." Variipes may 

 be a simple variety of cubitalis, but closer observation seems to 

 show that it is probably a distinct, though very closely allied 

 species. 



