OF I m. i KITED - : \ Ti.s. (ji| 



A— a. 



1. L. auripilis, pluiabeo-niger, griseo-pu' . olypeo ei . aureo piloao, thorace po- 

 lito, latitudine Bublongiore, convexo, minus dene punotato, dense aureo-] oali- 

 enlato, elytri - | anctatis, interstitiis planis, confluenter punctatis, mai .li rufo, epipli 



le rufis, antennis nigris, articulo primo | rufo. 1. 



Elater aurip Lead. Nat. Sc. 3, L72; Trans. Am. I 178. 



Southern and Western States. A specimen from Alabama, given me by Mr. Halde- 

 inan. lias the antenna) entirely black: in a specimen from Mini ring 



the head and thorax is less yellow than in the i that the insect has a dul 



:arance. The distinction b this and the nes on the p sur- 



face of the thorax, and in its less dense punctuation, characters which, though i 

 by the dense pubescence, may he readily seen. The lobes of the clypeus in both 

 an' subacute. 



2. L. pubicollis, niger, opacus, grisco-pubescens, clype race la- 

 titudine sublongiore, convexo, dense fere coi . aureo-piloso, naliculato, elytris 

 Btriis pin aterstitiis planis fere confluenter punctatis, margine basali rufo, epipli 



que rufis. Long. -37 — "46. 



Georgia, □ »1 rare. In all the specimens examined, the anten entirely black: the 



antennae of the male arc a little longer than those of the female, and more stron 

 rate; in both this and the preceding species, the third joint, though not dilated, cely 



shorter than the fourth. 



\ -ft. 

 '■'■. L. mirus, ater, supra opacus, tenuitcr grisco-pubescens, clypco con> 

 latitudine loi itrorsum subangustato, lateribus fere rectis, confertim p 



punctatis vix imp tterstitiis confertim punctatis, auruntiacis, macul 



ad apicem extendente nigra. Lon 



One speci; i Diego, California. B !\ black, above without lustre, thinly i 



with sh -.hairs: antenna? longer than the head and thora md and 



third joint-. r, not longer than the fourth: head densely punctured; front mi 



ratelyp jhtly concave, anterior margin hardly sinunl than wide, 



slightly and regularly n I in fron rounded on I 



coir. |y punctured; p not di itelj prodi 



rounded at tip, carina, as in the i , short and parallel with the 



margin: elytra not wider than the thorax, very slightly wed from :! 



rounded at the api ircely impn rongl) punctured, inl find) 



. transversi l\ impr ur bright oi :'li the 



r third covered with a large black Bpot, the anterior outline of which ia oblique, 

 so that tin- ur extends along th< ! 



in the next the last joint of the antenn in all the other known 



rounded at tip. 



I. L. a u r ; 

 lateribus vix r 

 cis, striis pui 



