SYNOPSIS OF TIIK LAMHN.E. 129 



not reaching the side, and a bihuuite fascia on the declivity, palid ; 

 the legs and antenniB are obscure and not annulated, the latter more 

 than twice longer than the body. Bred abundantly from dead beech 

 and hickory.] " Ham." 



Li. regiilariM Lee, 1862, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. p. 39. 



Length 7-9 mm. ; .28-. 36 inch. Hnhitat. — Kentucky, Ohio. 



This is a beautiful species, having the thorax ornamented with 

 four round black spots and the elytra each with six. This and the 

 three preceding have the markings of the elytra figured by Dr. 

 Horn, Tr. Am. Ent. Soc. viii, pi. ii. 



HYPERPLiATYS Uakl. 

 Differs from Lepfurges by the form of the elytra, the sides being 

 abru})tly declivous and limited by an acute ridge. The body above 

 is clothed more or less densely with cinereous pubescence, more or 

 less maculate as follows : four round spots forming a transverse arc 

 on the thorax, rarely an additional spot before the scutellum ; a 

 larger spot, sometimes wanting, sometimes enlarged to a short trans- 

 verse fascia, and numerous smaller s[)ots on each elytron. Rarely 

 the maculation disa})pears entirely and the u])per surface becomes 

 black. These differences, as well as tho.se existing in the width of 

 the body, the length of the antenna^, the color of the legs, and the 

 si)inous prolongation of the elytra merge imperceptibly in a large 

 series and ai)i)ear to me to indicate only races of one species sejia- 

 rable only when captured at places geographically distant. The 

 races known to me are as follows : 



Body above niacuhite. 



Larger, legs jiale, entire body pale with cinereous pubescence. califoriiieus. 



Smaller, legs dark, color darker; elytra twice as long as wide. • -Hi^pcrsiiM. 



Smaller, legs dark, color darker ; elytra not as long as wide. . . .iiiiiciilat IIM. 



Smaller, legs partly rufous, darker; spots confluent iiij|;relliiK. 



Body above black f'eiuoralis. 



And I consider all as one species under the oldest name, //. a!<per- 

 aas Say. 



II. a^«l»crsus Say, 1823 (Lamia), .Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. iii, 330 ; Lee, ed. ii, 187 ; 

 maculafics Hald., Trans. Am. IMiil. Soc. x, 49: L(!c., .Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci 

 , ser. 2d, ii, 170 ; mgrellus Hald. 1. c. ; femoralit Hald., 1. c. ; Lee, 1. c. p. 171 ; 

 caUforuicns Casey, Ann. N. Y. Aciid. Sci. vi, 51. 

 Length 3.5—6.5 mm. =^ .14 -.26 inch. Habitat. — Canada. .Elaine, Vermont, 

 Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, District of 

 Columbia, Georgia, Alabama, Mississii)pi, Louisiana, Missouri, Michigan 

 Wisconsin, Iowa, California. 



TEANS. AM. ENT. SOC. XXIII. (17) MAY, 1896. 



