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This probably has a less developed form. 



9. L. trilineata (01iv.)> Lac. Mon., i. p. 40. 



Red, antennjE (first joint excepted), tibiae, and tarsi black; thorax 

 with two black spots; elytra with the suture and a submarginal 

 vitta black. L. .25. Atlantic region, Mexico. 



Var. Elytral bands very narrow {trioirgata^ Lee). 



Var. Elytral bands more or less confluent. 



10. L. nigrovittata (Guer.), Lac. Mon., i. p. 421. 



Closely allied to L. trilineata, but with the head and metaster- 

 num black; the legs are irregularly black and red; thorax with two 

 lateral black spots. L. .25. Arizona, California. 



11. L. 6-punctata (Oliv.), Lac. Mon., i. p. 486. 



Ferruginous red, legs and antennoe black (base of femora and 

 first joint of antennae red) ; sides of metasternum black, elytra 

 each with the humeral angle, a spot near the suture before the 

 middle and another laj^er at 3-4 black. L. .24. Southern States. 



Var. Spots confluent on the suture, humeral angles paler 

 {ej)hippiata, Lac). L. .20. 



Var. Spots confluent on the suture {alhini, Lac). 



12. L. Sayi, sp. n. 



Ferrugineous red, antenna and legs black; elj'tra blue; head 

 with a small black fovea on the vertex ; thorax elongate, rather 

 sharply constricted, thickly'- puuctulate, disk black; el3'tra punc- 

 tate striate, 9th stria narrowly interrupted ; femora clavate, pu- 

 bescent. L. .24. Southern States. 



L. melanocephala, Say (J. Acad , v. 294), has not j'et been 

 identified; the head and abdomen are black, thorax and elytra 

 testaceous red. 



L. signalieornis, Chev. {intermedia., Guer.) is given in the" Mel- 

 sheimer Catalogue, and is common in Mexico. It is rather like 

 trilineata., but the antennae are pale, with joints 6-8 black. 



CrioceriH asparagi (Linn.) has been introduced, and occurs in 

 many parts of the United States, and may be readil}' known by its 

 coloring; bluisli-grecn, thorax red, with two green spots, elytra 

 with four lateral yellow spots confluent with a yellow margin. 



