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joint of antennae and front legs pale; 7ia7ia has mouth, front legs, 

 and bases of middle and hind femora pale; saiicia has legs similar 

 to nana, the thorax yellow, with a large discoidal black spot; some- 

 times the angles only yellow. ' ' 



L, swbargentata Kirby, 1837, Fn. Bor. Am. iv, p. 184; Mann., Bull. Mosc. 1853, 

 iii, p. 251; ruficeps Lee, Proc. Ac. Phil. 1862, p. 40; stmi/is Ky., 

 1. c, p. 185; Lee, J. A. P. ser. 2, p. 331; riijibasis Lee, Proc. 

 Ac. Phil. 1862, p. 40; rhodopus Lee, Trans. Am. Ent. Soe 1874, 

 p. 68. 

 Length 6—7.5 nim.; .24 — .30 inch. Hab. — Alaska, Vane, H. B. T., L. 

 Sup., N. H., N. Y., Ga., Mich., Col., N. Mex., Nev., Cal., Wash., 

 Can. \V.. Can. E., Mont., Mass. 



This is another very variable species in color. The typical form 

 is entirely black, hoary with fine white pubescence. 



Form ruficeps: head dull ferruginous; front legs and base of 

 middle thighs testaceous. 



Form similis: scape, front legs, base of middle and part of 

 hind tibiae ferruginous. 



Form 7'ujibasis: scape and legs ferruginous. 



Form rhodopus: entirely black. 



L. molybdica Lee, 1850, J. A. P. ser. 2, i, p. loi; militaris Chev., Rev. Zool. 

 1855, p. 187; Ann. Fr. 185S, p. 529, t. 12, fig. 3. 

 Length 5 — 6 mm.; .20 — .24 inch. Hab. — Cal., Rocky Mts., Nev., Or. 



Chevrolat's name militaris is usually applied to the form with 

 red humeral angles. 



L. laeta Lee, 1857, Ent. Rep. p. 64. 



Length 12.5 mm.; .50 inch. Hab. — Wash., Or., Cal., Nev., Vane 



L. nitens Forst., 1771, Nov. Spec. Ins. p. 45; zebra Oliv., 1795, Ent. iv, 73, 

 p. 19, t. 3, fig. 33; Hald., 1849, Trans. Am. Phil, x, p. 62; caro- 

 NfiaWeh., 1801, Obs. Ent. i, p. 91; quag^ra Germ., 1824, Ins. 

 Lep. nov. p. 521. 

 Length 10 — 13 mm.; .40 — .52 inch. Hab. — Massachusetts, New York, 

 Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Illinois, Texas, New Jersey, Iowa, 

 Georgia, Canada West. 



Forster's name has priority, and should be restored. The con- 

 fusion caused by the strong resemblance to Typocerus zebratiis is 

 noted in the remarks under that species, and it is well to have the 

 names more distinctive. 



L. tribalteata Lee, 1873, S. M. C. No. 264, p. 224. 



Length 7 — 10 mm.; .28 — .40 inch. Hab. — Nevada, California, Idaiio. 



L. impura Lee, 1S57, Ent. Rep. p. 64. 



Lengtli9mm.; .36 inch. Hab. — Nevada, Oregon, California. 



