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FAMILY 1, 11. — f'KK AMRVCID.K. 



1!»79 (»;42.">). Lki'tostyus mact'la S.-iy. Juuni. I'liil. Acad. Nat. 8ci.. X. 

 1SL>(;. I'cs: ibid. II. :\-2i. 



Oblong, coiive.x. robust. Itrownisli ; tlKirax with whitisli pubescence 

 forming a broad slrijic each side, liauded witliiu by a narrow blackish stripe 

 wliicli is formed by ;i row of elnni^ate iiare (ubercles; the central are.i 

 lirowuisli. Elytr,! each witli a bro.-id, iri-eunil.-ii' white blotch behind the nud- 

 dle and witli six lines of minute black sjtots. Thorax <lee|ily jind densely, 

 elytra more sjp.irsely punctate. Length 4-0 mm. 



Soutliern halt of State; scarce. ?\Iay 27-Jnne 24. Taken from 

 beneath walnut l)ark and beaten fi-oin oak. Breeds in beech, hick- 

 ory, black Avalniit and bntternnt. 



L. rollnris llald., dull clay->ello\v, elytra sin-inkled with niimite 

 black spots and irregular patches of dark and ixvny, hniuth 10 nnn.. 

 is known from Kenturk'v eastwai'd and s:!ut!iward. 



I'.iso ((i4i.'0i. Lkptostylus sexgittati's Sa.Y, 

 Journ, Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci.. 

 V, Isim;, in;;); ibid. ii. :;l's. 



Elongate-oblong, robust. Itrownish. irregu- 

 larly mottled with grayisii imbescenci' ; ely- 

 tra with an eloug.ate d.ark spat behind base, 

 another Itehind middle, sometimes beecmiing 

 a bar. and a tiiird near apex; antenn:e and 

 tlbi;e annulate. Thorax finely, densely and 

 deeply i)unctured, the disk with five small, 

 blunt, rounded elevations. Elytr;i eacli with 

 two or three finely elevated cnsta'. e;icli of 

 which, together with suture, bears a row of 

 distantly placed black jpoints. Lengtli 7- 

 10 mm. ( Eig. 4<;().) 



Kosciusko County; rare. June 7. 

 Said to breed in pine. Ijistetl as roni' 

 iin.rtus Ilald., but Say's name has i)ri- Fis. 4(i0. (After Smith in Fifth Rep. 



. . S. Ent. Comm. 



ority. 



L. bii(sfi(s; Ij(M'.. (>lonti-ate, narrow, dull brownish-yellow, side> 

 thorax and elytra to middle black, lenuth 4- 1) mm., is known fr 

 New York, Illinois and southward. 



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l'.»S1 n;417i. I.Ki'TosTYi.t's PARvrs Lee. New Spec. N. Am. Col., II. 1S7.'l 

 2:u. 

 Elon.gate-oblong, moderately ro!)usl. I'.rownish. clothed with very fine, 

 dense, dark gray i)ubescence; elytra with an acutely angulate, oblique white 

 b;ind behind the middle; ;intenn;i' and tibi;e annulate. Disk of thorax with- 

 out tubercles. l)ut often with four or live minute tl;it facets. Elytra with 

 .•in oItli(|ue impi-essitin in front of middle and e;icli witli foui' irregubnr. some- 

 wh.it lii'oken cost;e. eacli of these with a i-(tw of small tubercles bearing 

 short, erect black scales. Length 4-G mm. 



