DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW SI'ECIES. 48 



alone being In-own ; in such specimens the antennas are dark 

 brown with only the base reddish-brown. 



146. IL. annulare. Nigrum nitidum parce pubescens, oapite parce 



punctate, medio lsevi, tborace latitudine longiore fortiter punotato, vitta 

 dorsali laevi, elytris pupctatis macula apicali externa rufa, abdomine 

 alutaceo, pedibus testaceis*, antennis obscuria basi ferrugineis. Long. 

 •25. 



Southern States and Canada. Closely allied to the preceding, 

 but the head is not finely punctulate behind as in that species. 

 Sexual characters as in L. punctulatum. 



147. I,, iiigrtmm. Nigrum subnitidum, parce pubescens, capite parce 

 punctato, tborace sat dense minus fortiter punctato, vitta dorsali [am, 

 elytris confertim subtilius punctatis et rugulosis, abdomine alutaceo, 

 antennis pedibusque obscure piceis. Long. "20. 



Lake Superior. Resembles in characters L. angulare, but the 

 thorax and elytra are more finely punctured. 



14$. L,. jacoMnilfiHi. Nigrum nitidum, capite sat dense profunde, 

 medio parcius punctato, thorace latitudine longiore fortiter punctato, 

 vitta dorsali laevi, elytris sat dense punctatis et paulo rugosis, abdomine 

 alutaceo, pedibus ferrugineis, antennis obscuria. Long. *2S. 



San Diego, California. The antennas are thicker than in any 

 of the preceding species, but less so than in L. puncticolle. 



149. L,. pedale. Nigro-piceum nitidum, capite tborace paulo latiore 



sat dense punctato, tborace latitudine longiore fortiter punctato. vitta 

 dorsali laevi, elytris subtiliter parce punctatis, abdomine punctnlato, 

 aegmentis piceo-marginatis, antennis crassiusculis obscure ferrugineis, 

 pedibus flavo-testaceis. Long. "32. 



Mississippi; Dr. Schaum. The preceding species have very 

 slender antennas; in this and the two following they are thicker 

 and somewhat moniliform, though much less so than in /.. punc- 

 ticolle or L. brevipenne. 



150. L. simile. Nigrum nitidum, capite parce grosse punotato, tbo- 

 race latitudine longiore subtilius punctato, vitta dorsali lavi. Hytrin 

 subtiliter parce punctatis, ano rufescente, antennia orasaiusoulia obscure 



ferrugineis, pedibus flavo-testaceis. Long. *30. 



Middle States; rare. The antennas are tolerably slender, but 

 less so than in L. angulare. The last ventral segmeul of the 

 male, as usual, is longitudinally excavated, the two preceding are 



