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L.. ovatlis Lee. — Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., VII, p. 117. — Evenly ovate, 

 rather acutely pointed behind ; sides strongly arcuate ; piceous-black above, 

 slightly paler, piceous, beneath ; legs and antennse dark rufo-testaceous ; 

 integuments polished throughout above ; pubescence very conspicuous, pale 

 brown. Head convex, very finely, sparsely punctate, iwlished ; epistomal 

 suture deep and strong ; epistoma scabrous and dull. Prothorax two and one- 

 half times as wide as long ; sides straight ; apex rather more than two-thirds 

 as wide as the base ; basal lobe small and feeble ; surface polished, slightly 

 scabi'ous and reticulate at the sides near the apical angles, finely, sparsely 

 punctate, the intervals excessively minutely and feebly punctate ; median 

 groove obsolete. Scutellum very small, equilatero-triangular, flat ; sides and 

 base straight, the former arcuate near the base. Elytra nearly four times as 

 long as the prothorax and one fourth wider ; sides evenly rather strongly 

 arcuate and coarctate with those of the prothorax ; humeri not distinctly 

 tumid ; surface polished, very finely, sparsely punctate ; punctures perforate, 

 distant by from four to six times their own diameters ; interspaces as in 

 lutrochinus. Prosternum shining behind, dull near the apex ; median groove 

 fine, distinct, attaining neither the anterior nor posterior margin ; episterna 

 very short and broad, polished, clearly limited, the inner margin strongly 

 arcuate ; hypomera flat, not impressed, dull, not visibly punctate, inner 

 polished bead flat, short, the margin of the crural excavation finely acute and 

 cariniform, and much longer than the beaded side. Abdomen strongly opaque, 

 minutely, sparsely punctate ; last segment with scarcely denser pubescence. 

 Length 1.3 mm. 



Southern States. Cab. LeConte. 



The systematic relationship of this small species may readily be 

 seen from the table; it is more convex and less oblong than seriatus, 

 with the sides more strongly arcuate, and the prothorax relatively 

 narrow^er and more strongly narrowed from base to apex. 



Li. puiictiventris n. sp. — Evenly oval, two-thirds longer than wide, 

 convex, black above, dark rufous beneath, rather strongly shining. Head 

 convex, extremely minutely, somewhat densely punctate. Prothorax small, 

 more than twice as wide as long ; sides nearly straight ; apex three-fourths as 

 wide as the base, the basal lobe small, not very prominent ; surface very 

 minutely, feebly punctate ; pubescence rather sparse ; median groove obsolete ; 

 along the apical margin there is a series of minute granulations, in advance 

 of which the marginal surface is thin, semicoriaceous and polished. Scutellum 

 small, equilatero-triangular ; sides straight ; surface polished. Elytra fully 

 four times as long as the prothorax ; sides distinctly arcuate and almost 

 coarctate with those of the prothorax, the humeri being but just visibly 

 prominent ; disk very minutely punctate, the punctures unevenly distributed, 

 and separated by from three to six times their own widths, but generally about 

 four, becoming much coarser but not denser toward the sides ; minute pubes- 

 cence rather long, coarse and not extremely dense, the longer hairs sparse, 

 although decidedly longer. Prosternum feebly shining, more polished poste- 



