io 8 NATURAL HISTORY BULLETIN. 



L. ornata Say. Common in June and July on flowers and 

 herbage. "Occurs everywhere in our country" (Horn). 

 This and the next species are also among the material collect- 

 ed by Mr. Townsend. 



L. analis Dej. Common through June and July in com- 

 pany with ornata. Widely distributed from north to south. 



L. abdominalis Chaud. Rare in July. Mr. Schwarz took 

 it in June. Found in Georgia and Missouri. 



L. furcata Lee. Included in all the collections. I found 

 it occasionally through June and July, but not commonly. It 

 is very widely distributed, occurring from " Canada to Kansas 

 and California," though apparently more abundant between 

 the Mississippi River and the Rock) 7 Mountains. 



L. bivittata Fabr. Rare, beaten from herbage in June 

 and July. Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Pennsyl- 

 vania. Colorado, New Mexico (Mesilla Valley). 



Micragra ^enea Putz. Several specimens were beaten from 

 vines on the Fort Brown reservation in July. The insect is 

 known from Brazil, northward through Central America, but 

 has not hitherto been recorded from the United States. The 

 identification is due to Dr. Horn. A short description of the 

 beetle follows, by which it may be recognized. Form rather 

 elongated, resembling that of Metabletus, but more slender; 

 color blackish-bronzed. Head coarsely, not densely punctured, 

 shining, a longitudinal impression just inside of each antennal 

 ridge; sides moderately arcuately narrowed behind the eyes. 

 Antennee dark, reddish at base. Thorax apparently a little 

 longer than broad, slightly broader than the head; sides 

 distinctly but rather thickly margined, very slightly arcuate 

 from the anterior angles to near the base, thence excurved to 

 the hind angles which are almost rectangular, somewhat 

 prominent. Base margined, truncate at middle, oblique on 

 each side at hind angles, each of which bears a long seta, 

 another bristle is on each side margin, near the middle. Disk 

 rather coarsely punctured, the punctures so arranged as to give 

 the appearance, under low power, of transverse rugosities. 



