174 LENG AND HAMIl.TON. 



sutural and luirvow subiaarginal vitta of pieeous-black, the vittse 

 generally feebly marked and sometimes evanescent ; disc of thorax 

 finely densely punctate and but feebly impressed along middle ; disc 

 of elytra coarsely and sparsely punctate toward base, gradually finer 

 to apex and along suture. 



Acmseops variipes Casey, 1891, An. N. Y.-Acad. Sci. vi, 38. 



Length 8-8.8 mm. ^= .32-. 35 inch. Habitat. — California (Santa Cruz County). 



Described from a single male as rather slender, strongly convex, 

 shining, deep black ; antennae dark brown, the basal joint darker 

 and blackish ; anterior legs pale rufo-testaceous, the middle and hind 

 femora slightly so near the coxae ; thorax coarsely densely punctate, 

 with a narrow irapunctate median line ; disc of elytra coarsely not 

 closely punctate, finer toward apex. Allied to longicornis and basalis ; 

 Mr. Casey, however, has not given characters by which it may be 

 placed properly in the table. 



Strangalia montana Casey, 1891, An. N. Y. Acad. Sci. vi, 40. 

 This is synonymous with sexnotata, which is quite variable in color 

 of the legs and antennae and in coarseness or fineness of the punc- 

 tuation. The truncation of the female elytra at tip is relied on by 

 Mr. Casey to separate it from sexnotata, but in a sufiiciently large 

 series, the tip will be seen to vary from acute to truncate, especially 

 in Western examples. 



Leptura spuria Lee. is the male of Acm.eops militaris Lee. 

 Ijepf lira exigua Newm. snucia Lee. 

 \j. iiaiia Newm. var. hsematifes Newm. 



This synonymy was determined, by Dr. Geo. H. Horn, by com- 

 parison with Newman's types in the British Museum, Tr. Am. Ent. 

 Soc. XV, 301. 



Lepliira ganrotoide!^ Casey, 1893, An. N. Y. Acad. Sci. vii, 592. 

 Length 9.5 mm. = .38 inch. Habitat. —VtAh (southwestern). 



Described as broad nearly as in Gaurotes, convex, elyti-a feel)ly 

 shining ; body, legs and antenme intense black ; pubescence dark 

 and inconspicuous ; antenn:e half the length of the body, stout, 

 compact; prothorax of the outline of instabil'is ; seutellum broadly 

 and transversely tnnicate ; elytra strongly, evenly, not very densely 

 punctate, tip rounded not truncate. To be placed in the table near 

 iiistahilu. 

 Leptura serpentina Casey, 1891, An. N. Y. Acad. Sci. vi, 41. 



This is a synonym of tribalteata Lee, which is variable in the 

 form of the body, elytral ornamentation, and color of the antenna?. 



