OBSERVATION. 



I obtained this species on the bank of the 

 Mississippi river, above the confluence of the 

 Ohio. It somevs^hat resembles the L. bicolor, 

 Fabr., but is more robust. 



The upper figure of the plate. 



LANGURIA TRIFASCIATA. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Rufous; head black; elytra bifasciate with 

 violaceous. 



SYNONYM. 



L. 3. — Fasciata, Nob. Jour. Acad. Nal. Sc. iii. 

 p. 462. 



DESCRIPTION. 



Body rufous, punctured: head black: an- 

 tmnse, with the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth 



PLATE 39. D 



