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shining-, and has a good many ratlier coarse punctnres on 

 the upper surface, "which become more S2)aring in the 

 middle, so that the disc is free ; on the under surface it 

 is also ratlier coarsely punctured. Thorax shining reddish, 

 a little rounded at the sides, and slightly narrowed behind; 

 along the middle -with two rows of about eight punctures, — 

 these rows a little approximate behind ; also on each side 

 towards the front with a few pimctures. Elytra slightly 

 longer than the thorax, the larger basal half blackish, the 

 smaller apical half pale yellow, shining, with a sutural row 

 of punctures and three rows near the side, which are but 

 indistinct, and become quite obsolete before the extremity. 

 Hind body red-yellow, rather closely and finely ])unctured, 

 but still a little shining, the extremity a little infuscate. 

 Legs pale yellow. Under face of hind body more coarsely 

 punctured than the upper, and distinctly shining. 



Amazons ; a single specimen, Avithout s])eeial locality. 



The species is closely allied to L. delctuvi, but has the 

 head and basal portion of elytra darker ; the antenna are 

 darker in the middle, and have the apical joints less elon- 

 gate ; the thorax is less parallel at the sides ; the hind 

 body not quite so densely and finely punctured, and so 

 more shining. The male characters are very similar in 

 the two species. From L. pictum it may be distinguished 

 by the coarser punctuation of the underside of the head. 



22. Jjithrohium nanwn, n. sp. Kufo-testaceum, ely- 

 trorimi pai'te basali infuscata, nitidulum ; capite disperse, 

 crebre ^qualiter punctato ; thorace dorso Ijiseriatim punc- 

 tato, lateribus prjesertim anterius punctatis ; abdomine 

 dense subtiliter punctato. Long. corp. 2\ lin. 



jNIas latet. 



Antennne about as long as head and thorax, the inter- 

 mediate joints scarcely darker ; .'3rd joint a little longer 

 than 2nd. Head rather large, reddish-yellow, shining, 

 distinctly, moderately closely punctured, the ])unctures 

 finer on the vertex than in front, and almost as close on 

 the disc as elsewhere ; its imder surface I'ather coarsely 

 punctured. Thorax distinctly longer than broad, very 

 little rounded at the sides and scarcely narrowed behind; 

 along the middle with two rows of close punctures, twelve 

 to sixteen in each row, — the pimctures in these rows a little 

 ii-regular or double; the sides rather sparingly punctured, 

 the punctures being almost wanting towards the base. 



