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  LE 
  CONTE.— 
  SYNOPSIS 
  OF 
  THE 
  

  

  ( 
  >ne 
  female, 
  Georgia. 
  Allied 
  by 
  characters 
  to 
  L. 
  villifrons, 
  but 
  the 
  form 
  is 
  more 
  

   convex, 
  the 
  punctures 
  of 
  the 
  thorax 
  are 
  more 
  distant, 
  and 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  elytra 
  less 
  fine. 
  

   Body 
  oblong 
  ovate 
  convex, 
  bright 
  yellowish 
  brown 
  inclining 
  to 
  reddish, 
  darker 
  on 
  the 
  

   head 
  and 
  thorax. 
  Head 
  strongly 
  and 
  thickly 
  punctured, 
  sparsely 
  pilose, 
  with 
  a 
  slight 
  

   fovea 
  al 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  front 
  ; 
  clypeus 
  emarginate 
  finely 
  margined. 
  Thorax 
  one- 
  

   half 
  wider 
  than 
  the 
  head, 
  convex, 
  rounded 
  on 
  the 
  sides, 
  which 
  are 
  almost 
  entire 
  and 
  

   but 
  sparsely 
  filiate 
  ; 
  disc 
  covered 
  unequally 
  with 
  tolerably 
  large 
  sparse 
  punctures, 
  

   Laving 
  an 
  indistinct 
  smooth 
  anterior 
  space 
  each 
  side. 
  Elytra 
  slightly 
  dilated 
  behind, 
  

   cin 
  vex, 
  tolerably 
  strongly 
  punctured, 
  with 
  the 
  sutural 
  costa 
  narrow 
  elevated, 
  and 
  the 
  

   others 
  completely 
  wanting. 
  Propygidium 
  distinctly, 
  not 
  densely 
  punctured; 
  pygidium 
  

   conical, 
  with 
  scattered 
  large 
  punctures, 
  slightly 
  prominent 
  and 
  nearly 
  smooth 
  at 
  tip. 
  

   Abdomen 
  sparsely 
  punctured 
  at 
  the 
  sides 
  and 
  tip 
  ; 
  penultimate 
  segment 
  with 
  a 
  trans- 
  

   verse 
  short 
  plica 
  and 
  impression 
  at 
  the 
  middle 
  ; 
  last 
  segment 
  hardly 
  emarginate. 
  

   Pectus 
  clothed 
  with 
  moderately 
  long 
  yellow 
  hair; 
  claws 
  with 
  the 
  tooth 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  

   apical 
  portion. 
  

  

  43. 
  L. 
  hi 
  ti 
  d 
  a 
  , 
  fusca, 
  oblouga, 
  convexa, 
  pernitida, 
  pedibus 
  antennisque 
  castaneis, 
  capite 
  fortiter 
  punctato, 
  

   canaliculate), 
  clypeo 
  densius 
  punctato, 
  margiuato, 
  emarginato, 
  thorace 
  lateribus 
  rotundatis 
  parce 
  sub- 
  

   tilius 
  punctato 
  (fovea 
  utrinque 
  versus 
  latera 
  impresso), 
  elytris 
  minus 
  dense 
  punctatis, 
  subcostatis, 
  pygidio 
  

   parce 
  punctato 
  (feniinaj 
  conico,) 
  pectore 
  longe 
  villoso, 
  unguiculis 
  donte 
  lougo 
  armatis. 
  Long. 
  82. 
  

  

  One 
  female 
  from 
  Georgia. 
  Of 
  the 
  size 
  and 
  proportions 
  of 
  L. 
  fu-ca 
  but 
  more 
  oblong 
  

   and 
  convex, 
  dark 
  brown, 
  very 
  shining. 
  Head 
  strongly 
  punctured, 
  with 
  a 
  medial 
  

   abbreviated 
  furrow; 
  clypeus 
  densely 
  punctured, 
  emarginate, 
  with 
  the 
  margin 
  reflexed. 
  

   Thorax 
  nearly 
  twice 
  as 
  wide 
  as 
  the 
  head, 
  more 
  than 
  twice 
  as 
  wide 
  as 
  long, 
  

   regularly 
  rounded 
  on 
  the 
  sides, 
  which 
  are 
  sparsely 
  ciliate, 
  but 
  not 
  at 
  all 
  serrate 
  ; 
  disc 
  

   finely 
  and 
  distant^ 
  punctured, 
  (with 
  a 
  fovea, 
  perhaps 
  accidental, 
  towards 
  each 
  side.) 
  

   Scutellum 
  entirely 
  smooth. 
  Elytra 
  not 
  densely 
  but 
  distinctly 
  punctured, 
  with 
  the 
  

   sutural 
  ridge 
  narrow, 
  and 
  the 
  other 
  ridges 
  visible, 
  though 
  not 
  much 
  elevated. 
  Pro- 
  

   pygidium 
  and 
  pygidium 
  sparsely 
  punctured, 
  the 
  latter 
  conical 
  and 
  protuberant 
  

   towards 
  the 
  tip. 
  Abdomen 
  sparsely 
  punctured 
  at 
  the 
  sides 
  and 
  tip, 
  penultimate 
  seg- 
  

   ment 
  with 
  a 
  faint 
  transverse 
  impression 
  at 
  the 
  middle. 
  Breast 
  somewhat 
  densely 
  

   clothed 
  with 
  yellowish 
  hair. 
  Antennro 
  and 
  legs 
  bright 
  castaneous 
  ; 
  claws 
  with 
  a 
  

   tooth 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  apical 
  portion. 
  

  

  44. 
  L. 
  rufiola, 
  castaneo-rufa, 
  oblonga 
  convexa, 
  nitida, 
  capite 
  fortiter 
  minus 
  dense 
  punctato, 
  clypeo 
  

   emarginato, 
  reflexo, 
  thorace 
  lateribus 
  rotundatis 
  integris 
  parce 
  ciliatis, 
  fortiter 
  parce 
  punctato, 
  elytris 
  

   fortius 
  punctatis, 
  subcostatis, 
  costa 
  laterali 
  evidentiore, 
  pectore 
  parce 
  breviter 
  villoso, 
  unguiculis 
  dente 
  

   longulo 
  armatis. 
  Long. 
  -63. 
  

  

  One 
  female, 
  Georgia. 
  Body 
  oblong, 
  convex, 
  pale 
  reddish 
  brown. 
  Head 
  strongly 
  

  

  but 
  not 
  densely 
  punctured, 
  punctures 
  more 
  close 
  in 
  front; 
  clypeus 
  reflexed, 
  slightly 
  but 
  

  

  distinctly 
  emarginate. 
  Thorax 
  hardly 
  one 
  half 
  wider 
  than 
  the 
  head, 
  short; 
  sides 
  

  

  rounded 
  not 
  serrate, 
  sparsely 
  ciliate 
  ; 
  disc 
  convex, 
  deeply 
  but 
  not 
  very 
  coarsely 
  punc- 
  

  

  