■i'lii': sii!>i;i'-\\ iNci: I) sc wi'miim; I!i:i:i'1.i;s. 42;') 



ua. Color nearly imiroriu. the elylra iidl disiincily |.ilci' cxccpl tnwanl (lie 

 tip: lai'.ixer, 7 or more nun. 

 h. AiilcniKr very stout, in.. re sleiidfi' luward apex. Ilie iniddlc Jdiiils 

 i-ipuiulcd. never longer than wide, 

 f. i:iytra iiicnhired, black basally and reddish (in api<al third, as Inng 

 ,is thnrax; length 10 nun. «UU. I'ltocKuiM. 



cc. Klytra wholly black or pieeous. 



il. I'.jytr.i nuieh longer and wider than lliorax, a fourth longei- lli.iii 

 wide: legs and anlenn;i> dark reddish-hi'own ; length 7 nun. 



si'i.ssicokm:. 



(Id. i:iylra c.inal in length Id llmrax; legs wludiy iiale reddish- 



hrown : length 8 1(1 nnn. ; sixth veiilrai nf iiialc wifli a Icuglh- 



wise gi-iMive near base, not iiolclu'd a( lip. s|(i. ,\i;.\iatim. 



hh. .\nlei!ii;r (inly nio<l.'rately stuul. tii<' .joints at l<'asl (inedi.-iif hmgri' 



tliaii wide, (ijiconic; sixth ventral of ni;ile nidre or less notched at 



tip. 



c. i:iytra not longer, and often distinctly shorter than thorax. 



/. Anlenn;e not longer than head and thorax, the joints less liiaii 

 twice as long as wide; gnlar sutures straight, nearest to.gether 

 .•It base of head. 

 (I. Punctures of elytra rather tine, siiarse and inconspicuous; 

 notch of last ventral of ni.ile wide and deep, distinct; length 

 7.5-9 mm. 

 /(. Head and thorax sparsely and rather finely punctured. 



811. SIMILE. 



/(//. Head and tlKU-.ix densely and r.-itlier coarsely punctured. 



812. IXSANTS. 



//(/. Tunctures of elytra coarse, uneven and conspicuous: last ven- 

 tral of male truncate, the notch vei-y small.: length G.5- 

 7.5 mm. simplex. 



//. Antenuic slender, longer than head and thorax, the middle joints 

 fully twice as h.ng as wide; gular sutures curved, nearer to- 

 gether at mi(hlle of area behind the nidulh: color black, legs 

 and .•intenna' paler: length ().7-7..1 mm. cruraus. 



cc. Elyti-a much longer than thorax; atxbimcu uarmwer than elytra, 

 (he last ventral of male broadly and semicircularly notched; 

 bi;ic]<, aiitcnn:r and legs limwn : length ("..o 7.."'> nnu. concoloh. 



L. h'wolor Lee., was described from Detroit. Michigan, and L. 

 spi.s.siconic Casey from ?i!assaohnsetts and Deti-oit. so that one or 

 both of them are a])t to be found in Indiana. 



S09 ( ». LATHitoiniM I'liOCERiM ("ascy. Trans. .\cad. Sci. St. L.. XV. 



I'.io.".. sj. 

 Elongate, rather slender. lUack. shining: elytra bec-onung gradually 

 but distinctly reddish on apical third; U'gs reddish-brown; autennie piceous. 

 with a rechlish tinge. Mead equal in width to thorax, sides parallel, sparsely, 

 rather finely ami irregularly punctate. Thorax oblong, sides nearly straight, 

 feebly converging toward b.ase. finely :ind rather si)arsely punctate. Elytra 

 rather closely and liucly punctate. Alxlnmen as wide as elytra, minutely 

 and rather densely linnet. itc. Length !i 10 mm. 



