LYCUS SANGUINIPENNIS. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Thorax black; lateral margin sanguineous; 

 elytra sanguineous, immaculate. 



SYNONYM. 



Lycus sanguinipennis. Nobis. Journ. Acad. 

 Nat. Sciences, vol. iii. p. 178. 



description. 



Body deep black, polished: rostrum promi- 

 nent: thorax broad, not narrowed before; the 

 transverse diameter exceeding the longitudinal; 

 livid-black; lateral margins a little recurved, pale 

 sanguineous ; a carinate line on the anterior mar- 

 gin, terminating in a groove w^hich extends to 

 the base; posterior angles a little prominent: 

 scutei black: elytra pale sanguineous, with ele- 

 vated lines, and intervening transverse ones: 

 wings a little dusky, with brown nervures. 



plate xxi. 



