Coleopterous Insects of Maine. 29 
Length from five tenths to six tenths of an inch. 
Inhabits Hallowell and Augusta, July. 
Closely allied to the L. próxima of Say, but is nar- 
rower, rather more cylindric, the apex notched, and more . 
obliquely truncated. 
46. LegPTURA VITTIGERA. 
L. corpore nigro, elongato: apice attenuato, subtis aureo-sericeo ; 
capite thorace latiori; antennis longis; thorace elongato, pubes- 
cente, supra code: tuberculis lateralibus propé obsoletis ; ely- 
tris punctulatis, singulis vittà testaceà, vittis anticé sub-divaricatis, 
apice obliqué truncato ; pedibus sericeis. ; 
Body black, elongated, attenuated toward the apex ; 
beneath pale, somewhat golden sericeous : head broader 
than the anterior portion of the thorax, transversely and 
longitudinally somewhat indented: eyes prominent: an- 
tenne elongated, somewhat sericeous: thorax elongated, 
pubescent, somewhat cylindrical, being only a little 
broader in the middle, on account of the depression of 
the lateral tubercles ; a little flattened behind, and a good 
deal before ; above with a longitudinal sulcus: elytra 
each with a broad whitish vitta, extending from the hu- 
merus almost to the apex, which is obliquely truncated ; 
the vittæ are somewhat divergent Scc d feet dusky. 
Length nearly seven tenths of an inc 
A fine species and occurred in June, on the blossoms- 
of Sambicus pubéscens, at the foot of Mount Bigelow, 
near the margin of the Dead River. 
Very nearly allied to a species in the collection of 
Mr. Say : but the ground color of the elytra in that in- 
sect, is reddish instead of black. The vitte area g 
deal broader, and the lateral tubercles of the thorax very 
much more prominent. 
