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very broadly ami feobly luululated and witii a transverse 

 row of stiff recumhent sota> slightl}' witliin the margin; 

 sixth broadly and di'eply sinuate, the sinus being twiee as 

 wide as deep and very broadly rounded anteiiorly; seventh 

 narrowly divided. Tlie speeies is easily distinguishable 

 from [he preceding two by its much longer elytra in both 

 the male and female. 



13— L. puberula n- «P- — Moderutely sleudor, piceous-bliic-k tlironghont, ab- 

 dominal apex not noticeably paler; lega dark reddish-brown; autenu;e fna- 

 cous, apex paler; head and pronotuni sparsely, rather coarsely and somewhat 

 distinctly pubescent; pubescence of the elj'tra and abdomen rather long, 

 coarse and somewhat dense, rather conspicuous, pale fulvous throughout; 

 integuments very feebly alutaceous, shining. Head moderate; base broadly 

 and very feebly sinuate, angles rather narrowly rounded; sides paral'el and 

 distinctlj' arcuate, slightly more strongly so behind; epistomal apex moderate 

 in width, broadly and very feebly arcuate; sitrface very finely, densely and 

 extremely feebly punctate; median line narrow, interrupted at the base and 

 with an elongate very feebly elevated ridge anteriorly; anteunre very slightly 

 shorter than the head and prothorax together; slender, second joint two- 

 thirds as long as the third and distinctly longer than the fourth, tenth very 

 slightly wider than long. Prothorax quadrate, just visiblj' narrower than 

 the head; sides feebly convergent posteriorly throughout and very feebly 

 arcuate; bise broadly truncate in the middle; apical angles rather broadly 

 roimded, basal very broadly so; disk transversely and rather strongly convex 

 very finely, feebly and sparsely punctate, more densely so at the sides; me- 

 dian line broad and well marked, having a short impressed median stria near 

 the base. Elytra at base sub-equal in width to the pronotum; sides rather 

 feebly divergent posteriorly and very feebly arcuate; together broadly and 

 moderately sinuate behind; disk very slightly longer than the pronotum, 

 slightly longer than wide, moderately depressed, narrowly impressed along 

 the slightly elevated suture, moderately coarsely, closely and sub-granulosely 

 punctate, the punctun^s being extremely minute and at the summits of lino 

 elevated granules. Ahdomcji at base nearly as wide as the elytra; sides very 

 feebly divergent posteriorly and nearly straight, very minutely, feebly, irreg- 

 ularly and sub-asperately punctate, the bases of the basal segments being im- 

 puuctate. Lei/s rather robust; first johit of the posterior tarsi very slightly 

 longer than the second, neariy twice as long as the fourth; anterior Ifirsi nar- 

 rowly dilated. Length 4.8 mm. 



Lake Co., 1 5 (Mr. Fuchs). 



Sexual characters nearly as in lepida, the sinuation of the 

 sixth segment being very broadly rounded and three times 



2— Bull. Gal, Acad. Sci. II. 5, I'liuteil Jianuary 27, 188G. 



