FAMILY LEPTURIDiE. 



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LepTURA RUBRICA. 



Color black : head and thorax black, pubescent ; four first joints of the anteunfe black, 

 the remainder luteous at base. Elytra ferruginous, punctured ; apex of the outer 

 angle pointed, and longer than the inner, divaricate : legs black. 

 I refer this to fig. 10, pi. viii : the apex of the elytra in that figure is truncate. 



Leptura malachiticvs. 

 Splendent green, with steel-blue reflections : punctures dilated deep, imparting a rough 

 appearance. Antennse and scutcl black : thighs rufous, and lower half of tarsi dark 

 brown or black : prolhorax with a lateral tubercle, occupying nearly a central posi- 

 tion. 

 This beautiful insect is quite rare in the vicinity of Albany, a single specimen only 

 having been observed. 



Leptura octoponctata (Say). 

 Elytra marked with eight irregular-shaped spots or dots, smallest upon the apex. 



Leptura . (Plate xxvi, fig. 11.) 



Color black ( the light color is due to a close gray nap). Antennse ten-jointed : first some- 

 what turbinate, third shortest, second the next shortest ; the three first black or dark 

 brown, the remainder rufous. Pectus and thighs brown, and a stripe beneath the 

 shoulders. The posterior part of the thorax surrounded by a sharp ridge, which 

 extends down the sides : this ridge is bounded by grooves ; and before it, and near 

 the middle, are two elevations, scarcely tubercles : anteriorly it is surrounded by a 

 broad groove. Behind the antennse, there is a deep depression upon the median line 

 of the head. Length three quarters of an inch. 



Leptura subpubescens. ( Plate viii, fig. 11.) 



Color black, thinly covered with luteous hairs, punctured : head and neck roughened, 

 covered with hairs. Antennae black ; third joint shorter than the fourth. Elytra 

 punctured, rufous or dull brick-red, terminated by a black belt extending up the 

 outer margin, divergent < o wards the apex ; apex truncate. Point of abdomen exposed : 

 beneath black, submetallic. 



Genus PACHYTA (Sery.). 



« Body robust : thorax subconical, with an obsolete obtuse tubercle on each side ; elytra 

 short, nearly parallel ; humeral angles not very prominent' ( Westwoob). 



