SYNOPSIS OF THE LAMIIN.E. 101 



THK LAiMIINi: OF NORTH AMERICA. 



BY CHARLES W. LENG, B.S., WITH NOTES AND DESCRIPTIONS 

 BY JOHN HAMILTON, M.D. 



After spending much time and bestowing much labor on the present 



work, Mr. Leng was compelled to abandon its further prosecution 



by causes beyond his control. All work done was placed in the 



hands of the writer to use as might be thought best. Mr. Leng had 



the paper prepared for the press as far as Leptostylus, and that part 



is published from his manuscript. From Leptostylus onward the 



most of the tables, bibliography and distribution, were furnished by 



Mr. Leng. What renuiined to be done was the completion of these 



and the furnishing of descriptive notes under the species ; this is 



represented in the text by the matter inclosed in square brackets. 



The writer is responsible for all following the close of the synopsis 



proper, being notices of synonymy and species introduced or described 



since 1884, the date of the commencement of the synopsis of the 



Cerambycidte. As this paper is likely to fall into the hands of 



many who have not. access to detailed systematic descri[)tions, to 



make it useful to such the salient features of each species are given, 



being taken from the insects themselves, except when not obtained. 



John Hamilton. 

 Allegheny. Pa., 



March 18, 1896. 



Preliminary Remarks by Mr. Leng. 



Since 1767, when Linne described Lagocheirti^ araneijormi^, the 

 number of our Laniiinie described has continually increased, and 

 owing to the scarcity of the books containing them, the descriptions 

 are accessible to but few students. The object of the present paj)er 

 is to bring together these descriptions and thus complete the series 

 conunenced some years ago in the Bulletin of the Brooklyn Ento- 

 mological Society. All the genera containing numerous species have 

 been recently treated in synoptic form by Dr. Horn, and they will 

 therefore be but briefly copied here. For a more detailed study the 

 reader is referred to the original papers, viz. : " Notes on some genera 

 of Cerambycidse of the United States," Trans. Am. PCnt. Soc. vii, 



TRANS. AM. ENT. SOC. XXIII. MARCH, 1896. 



