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L. ulkei, Fp. nov. 



Form robust, ovate, rufocastaneous, shining. Clypeus slightly emarginate, the 

 border moderately reflexed, surface rather closely punctate. Thorax widest at base, 

 arcuatediy narrowed to the apex, margin indistinctly crenulated. with short ciliae, 

 surface distinctly but very irregularly and not very closely punctured, with a smooth 

 median line. Elytra more deeply and densely, somewhat confluently punctured, the 

 costae evident. Pygidium rather finely and sparsely punctate. Metasternum densely 

 punctured, the hair long and dense. Abdomen shining, sparsely punctate. Claws 

 curved, the tooth median, stronger in the female. Last joint of the maxillary palpi 

 ovate, not impressed. Length .85 inch = 21—22 mm. 



Habitat— So. Car. (Ulke), Georgia (Ulke), Tenn. (U. S. N. Mus.), 

 E. Florida (Ashmead). 3 (^J^, i Q- 



Male. — Antennal club as long as the stem. Abdomen flattened at 

 middle, penultimate segment with a perfectly straight, feebly elevated 

 ridge, behind which the segment is strongly depressed, making the de- 

 clivity deep and abrupt without any great elevation of the surface of the 

 ridge. The ridge is close to the margin of the segment, and in the Ten- 

 nessee specimen almost coincident with it. Last ventral feebly concave. 

 Inner spur of the hind tibia two-thirds the length of the outer and stouter. 



Female. — Antennal cIuTd small, much shorter than the funiculus. 

 Last ventral segment feebly emarginate at apex. Pygidium more 

 elongate than in the male, more shining, the punctures more deeply im- 

 pressed. 



This species agrees in all essentials and group characters with y}«ca, 

 and with that species it has been confounded. The four specimens be- 

 fore me are very uniform in appearance, and chiefly differ habitally, in 

 the paler color and the much more rugose appearance, the punctuation 

 being coarser throughout. The lateral margin ef the thorax is also very 

 feebly crenulated, yet not so as to throw the species into another group. 

 The ventral character of the male gives an obvious and safe distinguish- 

 ing feature for that sex. In the female the somewhat broader, more 

 oval form and the coarser punctuation must suffice if the genitalia be 

 not examined. 



L. quadrata, sp. nov. 



Form oblong, parallel, rather deep brown, shining. Clypeus very feebly emarg- 

 inate, moderately reflexed, surface coarsely and rather sparsely punctured, front 

 more closely and more deeply punctured. Thorax widest at base, arcuately but not 

 very greatly narrowed to the apex, margin entire, with short cilite, surface rather 

 sparsely and irregularly punctate, without an obvious smooth median line. Elytra 

 closely and confluently punctured, the punctures tending to form longitudinal series, 

 costse obvious but not much elevated. Pygidium sparsely and finely punctate, the 

 last two segments more coarsely. Claws curved, the tooth strong and median. Last 

 joint of maxillary palpi ovate, not impressed. Length .87 inch = 22 mm. 



A^iir^Jz'/fj/ —Enterprise, Florida. May. 



