SYNOPSIS or Till-: lamiin.e. 121 



Li. inHCiila Say, 1826 {Lamia), Jour. Acad. Nat. Sd. v, 269; Lee, ed. ii, 327; 

 Lee, Jour. Ac. Nat. Sci. ser. 2, ii, 169; Amniscns sticticiis Hald., Tr. Am. 

 Phil. Soc. X, 48. 

 Length 4-9 mm. ; .16-. .36 iiuli. Habitat. — Canada, Maine, Massachusetts, New 

 York, New Jersey, Penn.sylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, District of Colum- 

 bia, Virginia, Michigan, Lake Sui>erior, Wisconsin. 



[Form convex, short, robust, brownish, sparsely pubescent, the 

 sides of the thorax broadly, a broad fascia on the declivity of the 

 elytra mostly interrupted by the suture and behind this a blotch on 

 each, white pubescent ; a broad brown streak down the middle of 

 thorax bounded on each side by a line of two or three denuded tu- 

 bercles; a larger tubercle near middle of disc. I have bred this 

 species in great abundance from tlead hickory limbs ; also from black' 

 and from white walnut. It i.-< likewi.se recorded as bred from beech 

 and chestnut.] " Ham." 



I.IOPim Serville. 



The following synopsis is based on that of Dr. Horn, Tr. Am. 

 Ent. Soc. viii, 124 : 



Front flat, mouth in the same plane as the front ; antennal jt>ints 6-10 ecjual ; 



elytra without angular mark posteriorly ; sides of thorax arcuate, the 



spiue small and acute: elytra without erect scales- .varicgatns. 



Front convex, mouth slightly retracted ; antennal joints 6-10 equal; lateral spiue 



of thorax at a distance from the base. 



Elytra with distinct tufts of small, black, erect scales. 



Sides of thorax in front of spine arcuate, the sp;ne small, acute and abrujitly 



formed willii. 



Sides of thorax oblique from the anterior angles to the tip of the lateral sjjiue. 

 Form robust ; pubescence pale cinereous. 



Elytra with one broadly angulated band (resembles Leptosfi/his binMns). 



crai^sulii!^. 



Elytra with two aiigulate bands iiiiiiiieiiN. 



Elytra with a common rounded sutural spot behind the middle black. 



ceiilraliM. 

 Form sleiuler, ]iubescence brown, elytra with oiu' band forming a bioad 

 angle and with second band less distinct i)osteriorly. 



fasci<*iilai*i*«. 

 Elytra without tufts of erect scales. 

 TibiiB without long flying haii-s. 



Elytra with a conspicuous arcuate band behind middle scliwarzi. 



Elytra with an acutely angular band behind the middle, sometimes want- 

 ing alpha. 



Elytra without angular band, a feebly marked transverse band of whitish 



pubescence piiiietatiiN. 



Elytra with a transverse undulate fascia behind middle.fovt'atocolliM. 

 Tibiae with loug flying hairs, especially the postei'ior Sietipes. 



TRANS. AM. K.VT. SOC. XXIII. (16) .APllIL, 1896. 



