44 Randall's New Species of 
Length about three tenths of an inch. 
Occurred in Cambridge, Mass., July, 1833. 
17. LEPTURA SsUBHAMATA. 
L. corpore nigro; fronte canaliculatà; articulis quinque primis an- 
tennarum nigris, ceteris anticé € posticé testaceis ; thorace punc- 
‘tulato, sub-fulvo, elytris punctulatis, parcé Lei sub-at- 
tenuatis, vittà eubabbreviat te - me m um inter et 
clavatà; apice producto ; pedibus elon- 
gatis, nigris ; repe subtüs testaceis. 
Body black: head somewhat rounded above: front 
canaliculate: eyes somewhat fuscous, towards the sides, 
convex: antenne about as long as the body, first five 
joints black, the rest half black and the inferior half testa- 
ceous : thoraz elongated, punctured, sub-cylindric, some- 
what yellowish sericeous, with a transverse impression 
above the base ; sides with a curved contraction behind 
the middle, then dilating rather suddenly toward the 
posterior angles; posterior margin rounded toward the 
elytral suture: elytra punctured, gradually attenuated 
toward the apex; punctures furnished with hairs; hu- 
merus continuing the curve from the base of the thoracic 
margin; a yellowish vitta on each side extending two 
thirds the length of the elytra, interrupted in the middle, 
and sub-clavate anteriorly ; apex somewhat curvato-trun- 
cate, elytra rather acutely produced on the outer side: 
legs black except the thighs which are testaceous on the 
side. 
Length rather over one half an inch. 
Closely allied to the L. vittdta, Oliv. and was ob- 
tained by Mr. Andrew Foster in the notch of the White 
Mountains, N. H. 
