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One female, Georgia. Allied by characters to L. villifrons, but the form is more 

 convex, the punctures of the thorax are more distant, and those of the elytra less fine. 

 Body oblong ovate convex, bright yellowish brown inclining to reddish, darker on the 

 head and thorax. Head strongly and thickly punctured, sparsely pilose, with a slight 

 fovea at the middle of the front; clypeus emarginate finely margined. Thorax one- 

 half wider than the head, convex, rounded on the sides, which are almost entire and 

 but sparsely ciliate ; disc covered unequally with tolerably large sparse punctures, 

 leaving an indistinct smooth anterior space each side. Elytra slightly dilated behind, 

 convex, tolerably strongly punctured, with the sutural costa narrow elevated, and the 

 others completely wanting. Propygidium distinctly, not densely punctured ; pygidium 

 conical, with scattered large punctures, slightly prominent and nearly smooth at tip. 

 Abdomen sparsely punctured at the sides and tip ; penultimate segment with a trans- 

 verse short plica and impression at the middle ; last segment hardly emarginate. 

 Pectus clothed with moderately long yellow hair ; claws with the tooth as long as the 

 apical portion. 



43. L. nit id a , fusca, oblonga, convexa, pernitida, pedibus antennisque castaneis, capite fortiter punctato, 

 canaliculato, clypeo densius punctato, margiaato, emarginato, thorace lateribus rotundatis parce sub- 

 tilius punctato (fovea utrinque versus latera irnpresso), elytris minus dense punctatis, subcostatis, pygidio 

 parce punctato (feminas conico,) pectore longe villoso, unguiculis dente longo arinatis. Long. 82. 

 One female from Georgia. Of the size and proportions of L. fusca but more oblong 

 and convex, dark brown, very shining. Head strongly punctured, with a medial 

 abbreviated furrow; clypeus densely punctured, emarginate, with the margin reflexed. 

 Thorax nearly twice as wide as the head, more than twice as wide as long, 

 regularly rounded on the sides, which are sparsely ciliate, but not at all serrate ; disc 

 finely and distantty punctured, (with a fovea, perhaps accidental, towards each side.) 

 Scutellum entirely smooth. Elytra not densely but distinctly punctured, with the 

 sutural ridge narrow, and the other ridges visible, though not much elevated. Pro- 

 pygidium and pygidium sparsely punctured, the latter conical and protuberant 

 towards the tip. Abdomen sparsely punctured at the sides and tip, penultimate seg- 

 ment with a faint transverse impression at the middle. Breast somewhat densely 

 clothed with yellowish hair. Antennaa and legs bright castaneous ; claws with a 

 tooth as long as the apical portion. 



44. L. rufiola, castaneo-rufa, oblonga convexa, nitida, capite fortiter minus dense punctato, clypeo 



emarginato, reflexo, thorace lateribus rotundatis integris parce ciliatis, fortiter parce punctato, elytris 



fortius punctatis, subcostatis, costa laterali evidentiore, pectore parce breviter villoso, unguiculis dente 



longulo arrnatis. Long. -63. 



One female, Georgia. Body oblong, convex, pale reddish brown. Head strongly 



but not densely punctured, punctures more close in front; clypeus reflexed, slightly but 



distinctly emarginate. Thorax hardly one half wider than the head, short ; sides 



rounded not serrate, sparsely ciliate ; disc convex, deeply but not very coarsely punc- 



