EXPI^ANATION OF Pl,ATE I4. 



Figs. I to 12 represent variations in color pattern on the pronotum of L. undecimlineata. 

 Figs. I, 2, 3, II, and 12 are from Panama. Figs. 4, 5, and 6 are from Tierra Blanca, 

 Vera Cruz, Mexico. Figs. 7, 8, 9, and 10 are from Orizaba^ Vera Cruz, Mexico. 



Figs. 13 to 22 illustrate variations in color pattern of the pronotum in L. multitceniata. 

 All the figures given are taken from beetles collected at Guadalupe, Federal District, 

 Mexico. 



Figs. 23 to 30 illustrate variations in color pattern on the pronotum in L. decemlineata. 

 Figs. 23, 24, and 29 are from specimens collected at Cold Spring Harbor, New York. 

 Figs. 24 and 26 are from specimens collected at Dalhart, Texas. Figs. 27 and 28 are 

 from specimens collected at McPherson, Kansas. Fig. 30 is a variation obtained 

 in Georgia and also produced experimentally. 



Figs. 31 to 35 illustrate variations in elytral color pattern in L. undecimlineata. Figs. 

 31 and 32 are from specimens taken at Tierra Blanca, Vera Cruz, Mexico. Fig. 33 

 is a variation of undecimlineata found at Tierra Blanca. Figs. 34 and 35 are from 

 specimens taken at Orizaba, Vera Cruz. 



Figs. 36 and 37 illustrate the transverse fusions found in the elytral color pattern in 

 L. decem^lineata, from specimens taken at Chicago, 111. 



Figs. 38 and 39 illustrate variations in elytral color pattern in L.junda, from specimens 

 taken at Baton Rouge, Louisiana. 



Fig. 40 illustrates color-pattern condition in elytra of L. defecta, from a specimen taken 

 at Dallas, Texas. 



Figs. 41 to 45 illustrate variations in color pattern of elytra of L. lineolata. Figs. 41, 42, 

 and 43 are from specimens collected in Chihuahua, Mexico. Figs. 44 and 45 are 

 from specimens taken at Deming, New Mexico. 



Figs. 46 to 48 illustrate variations in elytral color pattern of L. dileda, from specimens 

 taken at Atlixco, Mexico. 



Figs. 49 to 52 illustrate variations in elytral color pattern of L. zetterstedtiy from spec- 

 imens collected at La Barranca, near Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. 



Figs. 53 and 54 illustrate variations in L. pudicayirpva specimens taken at Peras, Vera 

 Cruz, Mexico. 



Figs. 55 to 57 illustrate variations in elytral color pattern of L. lacerata, from specimens 

 collected at Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico. 



