illltcrinr JllnrlcS 



inunliir. Klytni 

 fill \ I'M r 111 I scit- 

 ii>l"<l lii'liiiiil i„ 

 iliifp; MJilns Huli- 



I Hiiiiillrst : Inst 



II i|<'V('ln|)(.||. 



■ liiiliefcfiil, 

 iii'ij 



i*<'ini('n in tlio 



lif Inlldwinir : 

 •'iinl, and the 

 ' niiddic, l)ut 

 ■".«< till' tnins- 

 •■^traiirlit, and 

 lu'Diidcr and 

 in iiifciis are, 

 't' of a tftotli, 

 nnrnt. Tlie 

 I'ldc. fliaii in 

 and niiinded 

 vlidle of tlu) 

 ISC iif frsf((- 

 tip of tlie 

 ist ('onstant 

 these very 



Hit s|iiirs('; 

 . ileeplv ex- 



I if (llO [)(Pi)- 



liiiier than 

 iiieiit, pos- 

 ts liniiid 118 

 iikI evenly 



-lll)-C(]H!|l. 



iiii; as tiio 

 rtli longer ; 

 I elongated, 

 li. 



NORTH AMKIllfAN rOI.KOI'TKHA, 



m 



Soutliern States (LeConte), (reorjiia dSehwarz), Wu-sliington, D. C. 

 (dike) IMiite VI, riir. Id. 



Tills specicH iipjiears to he very distinct ; the deseription and fiL'uro 

 liase lieeii tulieii frolii Dr. licConte's tvpe-sjieeinien, whicii is a male. 



Tile ft'UJale (llHeis materially from tln' male. In the I'ormer the head 

 has no indieation of the deep exeiivation at the sides, and the first joint 

 of the iintennue \h only t'(|ual in leiijith to the next two to<jether. The 

 entire antenna is also mueh shorter than in tiie male. 'I he i'emale was 

 deserilted !iy l>r. fitiConte a.s L. (/rniinatiis. IMate \'I, FIl;'. 1.5. 



13. L. Il(»rilt n. Hji — Body ciopresHod, fnodoriitoly blongiileil ; entire suiliipe 

 piivoreil thickly with slmrt, eiiiBrooUS settle, wliirli Iihvo no (lelinile order on the 

 head anil protliorii.x, Ijiit whioli are nni"ii,'«'l in ciosely ap|iro.\iinale row.s on the 

 uiytru; tiiu heud anil |irothoriix are, in addition, iiiiiu'lnn-d lliickly, anil rather 

 I'liai'soly, Clolor testaeeoiis, inteunmenls thick and o|iiiqije. Head siih-liianguliir; 

 eyes nioderate, coarsely granulated, very .slighily in ailvance of po.sterior angles; 

 sides horde.reii and siiuioiis! transverse groove not visilde, no median line. Pro- 

 thonix .suh-qnadr.Jle, wider than head, slightly narrowed liehind. dorsal surl'aie 

 noio'ly j)lano ; surfaeea hetween lateral .striae and sides very concave; sides rather 

 acutely and deeply undulated ; lateral striae well ilevelo|ped. Sculelluin s\ih-tri- 

 angular and transverse. Elytra much wider than pnlhoriix; about twice as long as 

 the head and |)rothiirax together; entire and evenly rouiide i hehind Caintly coslato 

 and strongly bordered; dorsal surface liat ; surfaces hetween lateral border and 

 sides slightly concave; inflexed sides broad and well developed; sides parallel and 

 arcuate; ubdoininal segments snb-eqiial; untennue u little loiicrer than the head 

 and prothorux together; last three joints larger; last joint largest, oblong, tlat- 

 teiied, and strongly carinate ; all densely ])ubesi('iit. The fcioale does not di Her 

 perceptibly, excepting that the last three joints of the antennae are less tluttened. 

 Length I.H mm. 



California. Plate VI, Fi-. 11. 



I take pleasure in dedicating- this very dLstinct specie.s to a friend 

 who.so instructions hiivc been of tlu; f^reatest value to me, and to whom 

 I feel jireatly indebted, 



14. li. rotiiildicolliH n. sp,— Form elongated, moderately depressed ; sur- 

 face clothed with pubescence, which on the elytra is arranged in rows. Head and 

 jirothorax punctured as in punrlatiin. Color dark testaceous; legs aiid antennae 

 same. Head elongated ; eyes small, their own length in advance of posterior an- 

 gles. Prothorax slightly longer and L "'iler than head, length equal to breadth, 

 rounded behind; lateral striae not promi.ieiit; sides very faintly and obscurely 

 undulated ; anterior angles rounded : posterior angles almost obsolete. Scutolluin 

 small. Elytra one-third as long again as head and prothorax together; as broad 

 as the latter; entire and evenly rounded behind; sides parallel, and nearly straight. 

 Antennae rather sl'orter than head and proihorax together; first joint snuiU, first 

 eiglit moniliforin, eighth joint smallest, last three rather abruptly enlarged, sub- 

 equal and not llattened ; terminal process of last joint well develojied. 



Length 1.9 mm. 



South Carolina. Plate VI, Fi^'. 12, 



TRANS. AHBR, BNT, SOC. XI. 



(23) 



PRHRnARY, 1884. 



