LTTHOnilLUS. 801 



Coccidula lepida. 



Coccidula lepida, Lee. Pr. Ac. Phil. 1852, p. 132. 1. 



Elongata oblonga, flava, subtiliter albo pubescente, capite 

 pectoreque nigris, elytris disperse punctatis, basi, lateribus ad 

 medium, maculaque communi pone medium nigerrimis. Long. '11. 



One specimen. Vermont. Oblong elongate, convex, bright 

 yellow, covered with fine short white bair. Head black, finely 

 and not densely punctured ; clypeus, mouth, and antenna? yellow. 

 Thorax finely punctured, rounded on the sides, base rounded, pos- 

 terior angles subobtuse, not rounded. Elytra tolerably coarsely 

 punctured, base and sides as far as the middle black ; black por- 

 tion broader at the scutellum and at the middle of the side ; disc 

 with a common rounded black spot at the second third ; beneath 

 yellow ; breast entirely black ; prosternuin black posteriorly. 



The anterior coxa? in this genus are much smaller than in any 

 other of the present tribe, and are almost round. 



Lithophilus. 



Froehl. der Naturf. xxviii. p. 11 (1799). (ti/p. connatus). 



Wollaston has carefully dissected this genus, and hence I cite 

 his characters ((kit. Col. Can. p. 430). 



Corpus fere ut in Coccidula sed mill to major ; prothorace 

 antice profundius excavato, postice magis contracto, ad latera late 

 subrecurvo explanato. Ant. 10- (nee 11-) articiilata?, art. l mo sat 

 magno robusto, 2 ll ° minore, 3 ti0 ad 7 mum gracilioribus (3 tl0 elongato), 

 reliquis clavam triarticulatam hand abruptam efficientibus (ult mo 

 intus oblique truncato). Labrwm transversum, submembrana- 

 ceum, apice integrum. Mandibula? ad apicem acute bifida?, intus 

 membrana breviter ciliata aucta?. Maxilla? biloba?, breves, lobis 

 pubescentibus, apice subito incurvis. Palpi maxillares elongati, 

 art l mo parvo, 2 d0 longissimo, 3 e ° breviore, ult m0 maximo securi- 

 formi : labiales art l mo parvo, 2 tl0 et 3 ti0 longioribus, longitudine 

 suba?qualibus (3 ti0 fusiformi). Mentum parvum, coraeum subob- 

 triangulare basi truncafcum, apicem versus regulariter latius, apice 

 integrum. Ligula elongata, apice membranacea integra. Pedes lon- 

 giores et validiores quam in Coccidula : tai-sis fere similibus, sed 

 longioribus; unguiculis multo majoribus, intus (ut in ilia) denti- 

 culo minuto armatis." 



The anterior coxal cavities are open, the eyes very coai-sely 

 granulated, the elytra strongly margined, humeral angle pro- 

 minent, abdominal and pectoral plates present, incomplete. 



Lithophilus connatus. 



Tritoma connata, Panz. Faun. Germ, xxxvi. 18 (1797). 

 Oblong, pubescent, head and elytra pitchy brown, thorax and 

 underside reddish; thorax coarsely and visibly punctured, markedly 



