1853 ] 341 



the antennae are slender and setaceous ; the spurs of the posterior tibice are equal, 

 narrow and obtuse. The mouth and its organs are black ; the labrum moderately 

 emarginate ; the feet are black, the thighs rufous at base. Pallas, Icon. Ins. 

 Ross. tab. E. f. 33, is cited by Olivier under this species, but the reference does 

 not appear in my manuscript. 



39. L. lemniscata, atra, pimctiilata, pubescens, caplte rufo, nigro bima- 

 culato, thorace longiusculo, ruto nigro-bivittato, elytris Inteis vittis utrinque 

 tribus nigris, pedibus rufis marginibus nigris. Long. -G ?. 



Fabr. Sysr. El. 2, 79. 



This species replaces the preceding in the Southern States ; in form and struc- 

 ture it is precisely similar; the antennae are a little shorter, the first joint and 

 the base of the 2d and 3d are rufous ; the labrum and palpi are rufous ; the outer 

 marjiin of the thiihs, tibiae and tarsi is black ; the coxce are rufous; the two ex- 

 ternal vittae of the elytra are confluent at the humerus. 



B h.* 



40. L. strigosa, atra, dense luteo-pubescens, vertice nigro, thorace longi- 

 usculo, antice subangustato vittis duabus obsoletis, elytris atris, margine sutura 

 vittaque luteo pubescentibus, tarsis antennisque atris, his filiformibus, oculis 

 rotundatis. Long. '37. 



Schonherr, Syn. Ins. Appendix, 18. 



Middle and Southern States. The outer joints of the antennae are closely ar- 

 ticulated ; the eyes are oval, very slightly emarginate, and not transverse, as in 

 the species of the preceding division. The spurs of the posterior tibiae in the 

 species of this division are very slender and very acute. The vitta of the elytra 

 is occasionally obsolete, and sometimes entirely wanting; in the latter case the 

 pubescence of the thorax is more scanty, so that the specimens have entirely 

 the appearance of small individuals of L. cinerea Lcc. {Lytta marginata Fabr.) 



41. L. ferruginea, atra, densissime luteo-pubescens, thorace longiusculo 

 antice subangustato, tarsis antennisque nigris, his filiformibus, oculis rotundatis. 

 Long. -36. 



Say, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sc. 3, 29S. 



Cci'Uharis nigricorv.is Melsheimer, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sc. 3, 53. 



Southern and South-western States; rare. This species is exactly similar in 

 form and stiucture to the preceding, and only differs in the pubescence being 

 denser and uniform in color. 



B h.** 



42. L. elegans, atra, tenniter cinereo-pubescens, capite thoraceque punc- 

 tatis, illo pnncto verticali rubro, elytris rugosis, virta utrinque fuiva antice et 

 postice dilatata, macula laterali pone medium includerite, unguiculis parte infe- 

 riore breviore. Long. 45. 



Epieanta elegans Le Conte, Ann. Lye. 5, 161. 



Two specimens; San Diego, California. Body black, thinly covered above 

 and below with fine cinereous pubescence. Head rounded behind the eyes, 

 which are oval, convex and scarcely emarginate; punctured, vertex vvirhasmall 

 red spot, front with three faint impressions between the antennas ; antennas 

 shorter tlian the head and thorax, very slightly thicker externally, joint? closely 

 articulated, not at all rounded, 3d longer than the 4th. Thorax narrower than 

 the head, somewhat bell-shap;d, narrowed in front, rounded on the sides, disc 

 punctured, middle of the base transversely impress-^d. Elytra more than twice 

 as wide as the thorax, convex, sides parallel; riigosely punctured, with a broad 

 fulvous vitta, covering the whole humerus, and reaching the external margin at 

 the base, contracted at one third the length of the elytra, then dilated again, and 

 extending nearly to the tip, and including a lateral black spot at the posterior 

 fourth ; this spot is connected with the black margin. Tarsi b'ack, claws testa- 

 ceous, with the i iferior portion one third shorter than the superior. Spurs of the 

 posterior tibias very fine and acute. 



The careful study of this species has convinced me that the genus founded by 



