362. 

 LEPTURA APICALIS. 



Order Coleoptera. Fam. Lepturidae. 



Type of the Genus, Leptura elongata DeGeer. 



Leptura Linn., Curt., ^c. — Pachyta Meg., Curt. 



yJnteuncE inserted near to, and between the eyes, nearly or quite 

 as long as the body, slightly attenuated, clothed with very short 

 pubescence, 11 -jointed, basal joint long and robust, 2nd subglobose, 

 3rd as long as the 1st; 4th shorter than the 5th, the remainder 

 slightly decreasing in length, the apical joint subconical (G). 

 Labrum pilose transverse, anterior margin concave ciliated (1), 

 Mandibles small, trigonate, slightly bent and very acute at the 

 apex, internal margin densely ciliated to the middle, where it is 

 produced, thin and coriaceous (2). 



Maxilla long slender and bilobed, internal lobe lanceolate and 

 densely ciliated j external lobe linear, rounded at the apex and 

 clothed with long pubescence. Palpi slightly pilose, 4-jointed, 

 basal joint short, 2nd and 3rd elongate-obtrigonate, the latter 

 the shortest, 4th the longest suboval (3). 

 Mentum semiorbicular, anterior margin a little produced, straight 

 and transparent, the sides slightly pilose. Palpi attached to 

 scapes, rising from behind the mentum, pilose, triarticulate, 

 basal joint small, 2nd and 3rd somewhat elongate-ovate, the 

 latter the largest. Lip large subcordiform and pubescent (4). 



Head rather elongated, the mouth being a little produced. Eyes nearly 

 globose. Thorax subconic, truncated before, the base rather sinu- 

 ated, the angles acute. Scutellum triangular. Elytra broader 

 than the thorax, elongated, sometimes attenuated, and concave at 

 the apex with a spine on each side. Wings ample. Legs long. 

 Thighs sometimes incrassated, especially the hinder pair. Tibiae 

 spurred, hinder pair sometimes emarginate and toothed on the in- 

 side in the male (5). Tarsi 5-jointed, basal joint very long in the 

 hinder pair, 3rd bilobed, 4th minute, bth long slender and clavate. 

 Claws bent and acute. 



Apicalis Haw., Mss. — Curtis's Guide, Gen. 415. 4. 



Black shining, clothed with short depressed ochreous hairs, 

 thickly and minutely punctured. Antennae with 2 or 3 of the 

 apical joints more or less fulvous. Thorax with a large fovea on 

 each side, and one in the centre at the base, with a deep trans- 

 verse channel, the angles acuminated. Elytra emarginated at 

 the apex, the points short, with 4 sinuated and interrupted 

 orange-coloured fascise, the basal one divided longitudinally at 

 the shoulder, and the 4th not touching the apex. Tibiae and 

 tarsi clothed with ochreous pubescence. 



The hatchet-shaped palpi distinguish Toxotus from Leptura, 

 and this Genus has not the sides of the thorax tuberculated, 

 excepting slightly in L. elongata, the male of which species is 

 also remarkable for the singular structure of the posterior tibiae. 



