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grass; C. splcndkla is always found on barren dry clay or 

 sand. The middle line is sometimes wasting, sometimes tile 

 terminal one is obsolete; and I have observed two specimens 

 with a humeral whitish spot. 



Lejua. 



4. L. gram/is. Ferruginous; elytra purple, venter pi- 

 ceous; thorax remarkably transverse, posterior angles sharp, 

 nearly rectangular. 



Length rather more than 9-20ths of an inch. 



Inhabits North Carolina. 



The remarkable size of this species will be sufficient to dis- 

 tinguish it from L. atriventris, Say. which it very much re- 

 sembles; but it is nearly twice as large, being, I believe, enor- 

 mous lor this genus. The head is darker than the thorax, 

 and the striae of the elytra are deeper (ban in T.,. atriventris. 

 I have never seen but two specimens, found at night, attract- 

 ed by the light. 



5. L. borca. Mead dark green; disk of the thorax, tarsi, 

 lower ends of the tibia, knees, and anterior thi ! piceous; 

 elytra green, substriate; postpectug and venter ferruginous. 



Length rather more than ">-2oths of an inch. 



Inhabits Massachu :tts. 



This insect cannot be mistaken for L. tricolor of Mr Say. 

 The striae of the elytra cannot lie seen by the naked eye, but 

 with a lens thej ap] trt be punctured and regular, though 

 superficial. The margin of the thorax is. ferruginous ; the 

 middle part of the tibia and upper pari of the two posterior 

 pairs of thighs are testaceous. The fliree ftrsl joints of ih< 

 antennae are ferruginous, darkening upwards, the rest art 

 black. 



