joints, dull rufous : thorax immaculate : elytra 

 with a violaceous base and tip; each band 

 occupying about one-third of the entire length ; 

 with striae of punctures: feet pale: venter at 

 tip, and obsoletely at base, black. 



OBSERVATIONS. 



This species was also found on the bank of 

 the Mississippi, above the entrance of the Ohio 

 river. It is about equal in size to the L. 

 mozardi, Latr. 



The right figure of the plate. 



PLATE 39. 



