174 CHARLES W. LENG. 



vex $, flattened 9; beneath, the palpi, flanks of thorax, sides of 

 abdomen, legs, pleurae and coxse are densely clothed with white de- 

 cumbent hair ; palpi pale, trochanters purplish, anus somewhat paler. 



C. striga Lee, 1875, Trans. Ent. Soc, v, 161 ; Schaupp, I. c, p. 105. 

 Length 13.5-16.5 mm. =.54-66 inch. 



Habitat. — Fla. Taken by Hubbard and Schwarz at night near 

 camp fires at Lake Harney, near Enterprise. May. 



Dark green or greenish black above and beneath ; elytral mark- 

 ings consist of submarginal dot and apical lunule. Head smooth 

 and glabrous in front, with a few coarse striae beside each eye, 

 wrinkled on the occiput, the wrinkles interrupting the continuity of 

 some of the interocular striae ; thorax almost cylindrical, constricted 

 behind, coarsely transversely rugose, the rugae variable in depth in 

 different individuals, impressions not deep ; elytra subparallel, con- 

 jointly rounded % , coarsely not closely punctate and bearing a 

 vague longitudinal impression in which is a row of foveas. The 

 punctures become ob.solete at the sides in the apical region. Beneath, 

 the flanks of the thorax, sides of abdomen, palpi, pleurae and coxae 

 are sparsely hairy. 



This species resembles severa more in description than it does in 

 fact. It is more slender and less hairy and easily separated by the 

 transverse rugae of the thorax, which, in some large specimens, are 

 very deeply graven. 



Lemniscata group. 



Small, cylindrical, brilliant cupreous, legs red ; thorax cylindrical, convex ; head 

 striate to the labrum ; eyes very large ; palpi pale; elytra conjointly 

 rounded -J, , separately rounded 9 lemnisCHtii. 



C lemniscata Lee, 1854, Proc. Ac. Phil., vii, p. 220; Trans. Am. Phil. Soc, 

 xi, p. 59; Schaupp, I. c, p. 103, pi. 4, fig. 97. 

 Length 7.5-8 ram =.30-.32 inch. 



Habitat— Kl Paso, Tex., Ariz., N. Mex.. June to Oct. Prof. 

 Wickham found this species abundantly at Tucson, Ariz., in Aug., 

 running by the sides of the railroad. 



Shining cupreous, beneath bluish green ; elytral markings consist 

 of a white longitudinal stripe far removed from the margin, slightly 

 lobed internally, extending from the base to the tip where it bends 

 around to the suture. Head rather coarsely striate from the labrum 

 to the eyes, granulate behind the eyes, cupreous variegated with 



