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strongly resembles Dromius ^-maculatus, but the venter is not 

 black, and the spots of the elytra are differently formed. 



On flowers, (the blossom of the blackberry, &c.) in May, June, 

 July and August. Not uncommon. 



The name A-notatus has already been made use of in this 

 genus ; I have therefore been compelled to change it. 



[The species afterwards described by Dejean as L. anali's is 

 subsequently claimed as this species, and it is certain that varie- 

 ties ct and are so correctly referred : with regard to the type, 

 however, I believe that Say has described L. axillaris Dej.,thus 

 confounding these two very distinct species. — Lec] 



5. L. viRiDis. — Grreen, polished, immaculate ; antennae, palpi 

 and feet black. 



Length upwards of one-fifth of an inch. 



Body impunctured, nearly destitute of hairs ; head green, 

 with a few obsolete punctures ; antennae black-brown ; labrum 

 and palpi blackish ; nasus cupreous ; trunk green polished, 

 beneath darker ; thorax with an impressed line ; elytra obsolete } 

 striae distant, acute ; outer margin punctured ; a single punc- 

 ture near the inner tip; feet black; nails pectinated; venter 

 blackish-green. 



Var. a. Dark purplish blue ; striae of the elytra indistinct, 

 beneath purple-black ; antennae black. 



Very common on flowers. The thorax and elytra, when ex- 

 amined by a high magnifier, are granulated. 



6. L. PLATicoLLis. — Rufous; elytra black-brown edged with 

 rufous ; margin of the thorax depressed. [15] 



Length nearly two-fifths of an inch. 



Head dark rufous, tips of the mandibles and eyes black ; tho- 

 rax rufous, impunctured, rather wider than long, widest before 

 the middle, somewhat narrowed behind ; hind angles very 

 obtuse ; margin depressed ; dorsal line slightly impressed ; basal 

 lines obsolete ; elytra blackish-brown, with a pale rufous edge ; 

 striae acute ; interstitial lines flat ; feet testaceous ; venter dusky, 

 blackish towards the tip, and on the tips of the segments. 



Var. a. A humeral, submarginal, pale rufous, longitudinal 

 spot ; disk of the thorax dark rufous, margin pale. Museum of 

 Mr. Peale. 

 1823.] 



