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L. subtropicus, n. sp. — Pale red-brown throughout, the elytra black 

 in apical three-fourths, except an oblique pale line, on each at apical 

 third, not attaining the suture or sides and of the usual pale tint ; antennae 

 blackish distally ; pubescente wanting on the head, except an erect tactile 

 seta at each side between the eye and the neck, fine sparse, decumbent 

 and inconspicuous on the prothorax, dense decumbent, silvery and 

 conspicuous in the strong transverse depression near the base of the elytra, 

 and also similar but sparser on the posterior oblique pale lines, 

 elsewhere wanting ; head longer than wide, convex, coarsely but not 

 closely punctate throughout ; antenn?e half as long as the body ; prothorax 

 narrower than the head, longer than wide, more finely punctate, the 

 punctures dense and longitudinally confluent anteriorly, sparse posteriorly, 

 the basal border strong, parallel with the basal margin ; elytra twice as 

 wide as the prothorax, but less than three times as long, moderately 

 inflated posteriorly, the apex rather acutely ogival. Length, 2.6 mm.; 

 width, 0.73 mm. 



Texas (Brownsville). Mr. VVickham. 



The male sexual characters are rather complex, the fifth ventral being 

 broadly emarginate in circular arc, the surface adjoining convex and 

 beveled toward the middle, the sixth segment also broadly emarginate, with 

 a small cusp at the middle, the intromittent spicule very slender, the 

 lateral members large and irregular in form. This species is closely allied 

 to dro/nedarms, Laf 



Z. Lulittgensis, n. sp. — Similar to the preceding in general form, size, 

 nature of the sculpture and coloration, the head much more sparsely and 

 indistinctly punctate, the eyes much smaller and less prominent, and the 

 antennae rather more incrassate distally, somewhat more than half as long 

 as the body ; prothorax similar, but with the punctuation sparse and 

 inconspicuous throughout ; elytra notably more inflated behind the middle 

 and narrower at the humeri, twice as wide as the prothorax and two and 

 one-half times as long, the oblique pale lines at posterior third obsolete. 

 Length, 2.4 mm.; vvidth, 0.65 mm. 



Texas (Luling). , 



This species is of the same general type as the preceding, but differs 



very distinctly in its narrower form, more posteriorly inflated elytra and 



sparser sculpture. It is described from the male. 



L. spectciHS, n. sp. — Smaller, the hind body shorter and more inflated; 

 body and legs black, the antennae paler toward base, the elytra with a 

 transverse narrow pale band following the subbasal impression, the tarsi 



