long's second expedition. 191 



rounded, convex, punctured ; elytra densely punctured ; punc- 

 tures small; striae none ; three or four obsolete raised lines. 



Length rather more than two-fifths of an inch. 



A smaller species than the preceding and more rare ; it differs 

 also in the color of the labruni, the more rounded form of the 

 thorax, and in the elytra being destitute of strise. It may be 

 sometimes found on plants in June. 



LAGRIA Fabr. Lam. 



L. AENEA. — Green ; thorax oblong ; elytra punctured ; antonnaj 

 and palpi yellowish. 



Inhabits United States. 



L. acnca Melsh. Catal. 



Body green, sometimes tinged with brassy; head irregularly 

 punctured ; with a few scattered hairs, which are more numerous 

 on the labrum ; a transverse groove between the antennae, formed 

 by the incisure of the nasus; antennae yellowish rufous, terminal 

 joint longer than the three preceding ones together ; palpi yel- 

 lowish ; thorax cylindrical, rather larger than broad, punctured, 

 sometimes with transverse abbreviated wrinkles ; posterior angles 

 [288] slightly excurved ; elytra nearly rectilinear, not dilated at 

 the posterior curvature ; punctures dense, profound, I'athcr larg-e ; 

 beneath blackish-green ; tarsi dark testaceous. 



Length from two-fifths to nine-twentieths of an inch. 



This is not the Lagrla acnca Fabr. Ent. Syst. Suppl. as the 

 late Mr. F. V. Melsheimer supposed it to be, for independently 

 of the different specific characters in the description of that in- 

 sect, it has since been referred by that author to the genus 

 Basi/tca, and must therefore be a Pentamerous insect. The cir- 

 cumstance of that species being removed from the genus Lagn'a 

 enables me to retain the specific name given by Mr. Melsheimer. 

 We obtained a specimen on Eod river. 



[Belongs to Statyra Latr., subsequently described as Arthra- 

 macra donacioidcs Kirby, Faun. Bor. Am. 239. — Lec] 



LYTTA Fabr. 



L. AENEA nob. varies in being green, with black tarsi. The 

 antennae of this species resemble very much those of the genus 

 Mylabris. 



