DESCRIPTIONS OP NEW SPECIES. 



alone being brown ; in such specimens the antennae are dark 

 brown with only the base reddish-brown. 



146. L.. angulare. Nigrum nitidum parce pubescens, capite parce 

 punctate, medio laevi, thorace latitudine longiore fortiter punctate, vitta 

 dorsali Isevi, elytria punctatis macula apicali externa rufa, abdomine 

 alutaceo, pedibus testaceis, antennis obscuris basi ferrugineis. Long. 

 25. 



Southern States and Canada. Closely allied to the preceding, 

 but the head is not finely punctulate behind as in that species. 

 Sexual characters as in L. punctulatum. 



147. L,. iiigrum. Nigrum subnitidum, parce pubescens, capite parce 

 punctato, thorace sat dense minus fortiter punctato, vitta dorsali laevi, 

 elytris confertirn subtilius punctatis et rugulosis, abdomine alutaceo, 

 antennis pedibusque obscure piceis. Long. '20. 



Lake Superior. Resembles in characters L. angulare, but the 

 thorax and elytra are more finely punctured. 



148. L.. jiicobiiiiim. Nigrum nitidum, capite sat dense profunde, 

 medio parcius punctato, thorace latitudine longiore fortiter punctato, 

 vitta dorsali Isevi, elytris sat dense punctatis et paulo rugosis, abdomine 

 alutaceo, pedibus ferrugineis, antennis obscuris. Long. -28. 



San Diego, California. The antenna? are thicker than in any 

 of the preceding species, but less so than in L. puncticolle. 



149. L,. pedale. Nigro-piceum nitidum, capite thorace paulo latiore 

 sat dense punctato, thorace latitudine longiore fortiter punctato, vitta 

 dorsali laevi, elytris subtiliter parce pnnctatis, abdomine punctulato, 

 segmentis piceo-marginatis, antennis crassiusculis obscure ferrugineis, 

 pedibus flavo-testaceis. Long. '32. 



Mississippi; Dr. Schaum. The preceding species have very 

 slender antennae ; in this and the two following they are thicker 

 and somewhat moniliform, though much less so than in L. punc- 

 ticolle or L. brevipenne. 



150. L. simile. Nigrum nitidum, capite parce grosse punctato, tho- 

 race latitudine longiore subtilius punctato, vitta dorsali Isevi, elytris 

 subtiliter parce punctatis, ano rufescente, antennis crassiusculis obscure 

 ferrugineis, pedibus flavo-testaceis. Long. -30. 



Middle States ; rare. The antennae are tolerably slender, but 

 -less so than in L. angulare. The last ventral segment of the 

 male, as usual, is longitudinally excavated, the two preceding are 



