142 GEO. H. HORN, M. D. 



as in Lebia. Tarsi robust, fourth joint deeply bilobed. Body above punctured 

 and sparsely pubescent. 



The specimen before appears to be a female, the tarsi being short 

 and of nearly equal breadth. The male is required to determine with 

 certainty the position it should occupy. Should it belong to the 

 Lebiidae its position is probably near Dictya, Chaud. Its deeply 

 punctured head and thorax recalls a similar character in Cymindis. 

 In fact it resembles a Cymindide more than a Lebiide. It is, how- 

 ever, not a Singilis as surmised by Chaudoir. 



Head rufous, broadly oval, coarsely punctured. Antennae black, basal joint 

 only rufous. Thorax rufous, coarsely punctured and more densely than the 

 head, sides broadly margined, arcuate, sinuate'near the hind angles which are 

 nearly rectangular, disc with feeble median line, basal transverse impression 

 moderate. Elytra violet blue, basal fourth rufous, surface feebly striate, striae 

 finely punctured, intervals flat and irregularly sparsely punctured, the punc- 

 tures coarse on the basal rufous portion. Body beneath rufous, abdomen black. 

 Femora rufous, tibiae and tarsi black. Epipleurae at basal portion rufous. 

 Length .32 inch; 8 mm. 



One specimen, $ , from Lake Superior region. 



The following species of Lebia have been published by Motschulsky 

 (Bull. Mosc. 1864, iii, p. 227), the only characters given being the few 

 words contained in a synoptic table, and those characters the most sub- 

 ject to vary of any made use of in the separation of species. They all 

 appear to me to be well known forms, and as far as the characters 

 given, are of value for determination, are as follows : 



L. subfigurata, Motsch. — Apparently analis, Dej., var. appendiculata, Chaud. 



£ SvSs! MoS } - These two are P robab * ™ ieties of ornata > sa ?- 



L. brunnicollis, Motsch., 1864.— Appears to be lobulata, Lee. 1863. 

 L. flavolineata, Motsch. — Probably scapularis, Dej. 

 L. sublimbata, Motsch. — Unknown. 



