Till-: L()\(;-ii(>k-m;!) wooD-iioKixii i!i:K'ri,Ks. 



107:} 



L.-iwrciicc County: r;irc. .Iiiiic ."). IJcnlfii I'roiii liiiilis of dcnd 

 (i;ik. I\;iiil;(.s \'yi)\\] (';in;i(l;i ;iii(l I'ciiiisN l\;iiii;i to Kaiisns ■•iiid Tcxiis. 



/.. iihiiinhirsiis Lcc. dcDscly cIoHkmI wi'li ur;i\' h;iifs. clyti'ji with 

 intcfniptcd il;irk crosslnii-, Iciiiilli I' iiiiii.. is known I'l'oin M ictiii;;in. 

 I,oiiisi;in;i ;ind Tcxjis. 



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r.iNL' (111 II). J.Ki'rosrvi 1 s .\ii i,ii i m s S;i\. .I<iuiii. Aiiicr. I'liil. Snc.. Ill 

 is-j:;. ::u;t: ibid. 1 1. isc. 

 l-lliiiiLrnlc-diildim'. rultiisl. r.i.-ickisli-lirdwii. densely 

 ilrilied Willi slmrl. presl i-;ile. .i;i'.-iyisli imliesrenee : elylr;i 

 with ;i wliilisli Icmd beliiud Hie middle, lliis livfiid ;il sii- 

 lure. nnrrnwiii^' Inwnrd the sides. ;ind ed;ied with ;i hhiek 

 line held 11(1 w hich I he siii-laee is I'll see us <ir siimky hiMwii ". Ilw7 I 



jdiiils (if h:is;il hall' (if anleiiiia' spoiled, those ot apical ■''^ 



half, annulate at lips with brown. Disk of llinrax with 

 live Itiunt tuhefcles. Male with hind tiMchantefs ending in a short, aeiite 

 spine. I,eiii,'lli 7..-. |0 iniii. ( Fi.^. 4Ci1. ) 



Soiitlurii h;df of St;it(\ l'i'('{(uont; probably tln'ou'^hoiit. A|)ril 

 22-S( ptiinbci- I'd. I?i'(mhIs in a variety of trees, especially sycamore, 

 oak. apple and osn^i'c oraiii;'''. Tlie hnwe mine under the bark and 

 are iisiialh- found in dis(>ased or recent I\ cut trees. 



LA^Ill. Liopis Serv. Is:;:). (Gr., "smooth : foot.") 



Species usually smaibr than those of L( phtsl ifl us and differing' 

 by having an aeiit(> si)iu(' bi'hind the middle on each side of thorax; 

 presternum usuallx' narrow; inesosternuni gradually narrowed be- 

 hind, truncate at tip and not dilated; antenna' always longer than 

 body, joints o to 11, very nearly e(|ual in lenuth. Five speeie.s are 

 Icnown from the State. 



KKV lO I.NUIAXA SIMXl KS OF I.IOITS. 



a. Front Hat. nmutli in the same plane as the front: elytra withont an 



an^'uhtr mark behind the middle: sides of thorax curved, the si)ine 



small and acute. i;»s:;. vahiegati-.s. 



(Id. Front convex, mouth slii^htl.x' retracted: spine on side of tlun-jix rather 



distant from base. 



'*. Elytra with distinct tufts of small, black, erect scales. 



V. l""orm robust; pubescence pale asli-m'ay: elytra with one broadl.v 

 an;,Milaled band. 1'.>S4. cuASsri.is. 



<■<■. Form slender; i)ubesceiict> brown; elytra witli one bind forniiuii' 

 a broad aniile. and a second l(>ss distinct bniid behind it. 



1!>.S."(. lASrUThAias. 



lib. ]-]lytra without liifts of erect scales. 



(/. Flyti'a with an acutely an;,nilar blackish band behind the middle. 



r.isCi. Ai.niA. 



lid. Flytra wilhoiil an aiiiriilar band but often willi a feebl\- marked 



transvt'i-se band of whitish pubescence. U)ST. rexcTATes. 



