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dente longo obtuso, supra seriatim penicillato-tuberculatis, 

 pone basin utrinque gibbosis, interstitiis grosse punctatis ; 

 antennis cinereis^ articulis 1-3 et 5 Isete fusco-irroratis, 

 3-11 apice fuscis ; pedibus cinereo et fusco variegatis, 

 tarsis artieulo 1-2 cinereis, 3-4 rufis ; mesosterno conico- 

 elevato. 



Long. 6 1 lin. $ $ . 



Many examples. The antennge are simple. 



Leptostylus hilaris, n. sp. — Elongato-ovatus, convexus, 

 supra cretaceo-albus. thorace medio^ elytris plaga scutel- 

 lari, macula laterali ante medium, circumflexu suturali 

 pone medium, plagaque ante apicali polygona, nigro-fuscis ; 

 capite sordide cretaceo ; thorace disco 5 tuberculato, 

 unoque obtuso utrinque laterali, punctis paucis grossis ; 

 elytris prope apicem angustatis, apice breviter oblique 

 truncatis, supra tenuiter seriatim penicillatis, punctatis, 

 basi baud gibbosis; antennis griseo-albis, fusco irroratis, 

 articulis apice fuscis ; tarsis articulis l-2griseis, 3-4 piceo- 

 rufis ; mesosterno simplici. 



Long. 6 lin. 



The lateral fuscous spot of the elytra is similar to that 

 of the Lagocheirij it is continued along the sides to the 

 base, and the colour projects as a second minor spot, a 

 little anterior to the large one. The many-angled spot 

 near the apex is transverse, and tridentate in front, 

 deeply cleft on each side, and posteriorly it leaves the 

 apex of the suture of the white ground-colour. 



Several examples. 



Leptostylus triangulifer, n. sp. — Ovatus, valde con- 

 vexus, cinnamoneo - fuscus, plaga magna triangular! 

 scutellari ; thorace dorso tuberculis 5 parvis, lateribus 

 baud tuberculatis, obtuse prominulis, dorso postice lineis 

 brevibus longitudinalibus nigris ; elytris postice abrupte 

 declivibus, apice singulatim productis, sublobatis, obtusis, 

 supra utrinque quadricostatis, costis penicillis fuscis 

 ornatis ; antennis et pedibus griseo-fuscis, illis basi irro- 

 ratis, articulisque apice fuscis. 



Long. 5-5^ lin. 



Many examples. 



Leptostylus transversus, Gyllenhal, in Schonh. Syn. Ap- 

 pend, p. 164. — Differs in no respect from N. American 



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