326 LE CONTE.— LONGICORN COLEOPTEEA 



Corpus gracile utrinque angustatum. Caput mox pone oculos modice angustatum, ore attenuate. Antennae 

 ante oculos sitae, longse tenues. Mentura latitudine non brevius, antice subangustatum. Thorax 

 elongatus, antrorsum angustatus, utrinque constrictus, lateribus angulatus. Elytra postice angustata, 

 apice subtruncata. 



This geirns by its characters is very closely allied to the preceding, but it has the 

 form of Strangalia, with which genus the structure of its mouth entirely agrees. 



1. E. MONTicoLA. — Niger subtillissime punctatus, dense albido-pubescens, thorace canaliculate, elytris flavis 

 utrinque maculis 2parvis ante medium transversim sitis, 2 majoribus admarginem conjunctis, apiceque 

 nigris, antennis extrorsum rufescentibus. Long. -i. 

 Lee. Agassiz Exp. 

 Leptura monticola, Eand. B. J. 2, 27. 



Lake Superior on Cornus flowers ; also on roses. 



Group 3. 



From the preceding group this is distinguished by the antennae being inserted 

 between the eyes, immediately at the emargination, which is deep. In most of them 

 the head is strongly constricted behind. 



ANTHOPHYLAX, Lee. 



Caput pone oculos parum constrictum ore subattenuato. 

 Palpi modice dilatati, labiales multo latiores. 

 Antennae 11-articulatae, elongatae, filiformes. 



Habitus quamadmodo Argaleo similis. Corpus utrinque subangustatum. Mentum 

 quadratum antice subangustatum. Thorax antrorsum angustatus, utrinque 

 constrictus, angulis posticis non productis, lateribus acute tuberculatus. Elytra 

 apice Integra. 



To this genus belongs Pachyta ^-maculata of Europe. 



1. A. viRiDis. — Niger albido-pubescens, thorace dense subtilius punctato, obsolete canaliculate, elytris 



viridi aeneis, confertim cribrato punctatis, obsoletissime substriatis, antennis articulis basi rufescentibus. 

 Long. •!. 

 Lee. Agass. Exp. 



Eagle Harbour, Lake Superior, 



2. A. MALACHiTicus. — Violaceus, vel eyaneus, nitidus, thorace dense minus subtiliter punctato, 



subeanalieulato, elytris confertim cribrato-punctatis, tibiis tarsis, genubusque nigris, femoribus laete 



flavis. Long. -52. 

 Lee. Agass. Exp. 

 Lepturu malachitica, Hald. 64. 

 Stenura cyanea, Hald. Pr. A. N. S., 3, 151. 

 Pachyta Leonardii ! Harris Ms. 



Lake Superior, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania. 



