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•PAjriLY T,. S(V\ltAB.'p;i 11/10. 



1812 ( ). Lachnosterna gracilis Burm., Handb. Entom., IV, 1855, o(i1. 



Elongate, subeyHiidi-ieal. Pule reddish-yellow, thorax sumewliat darker ; 



head fuscous or ijiceous. Clypeus short, hroadl,\', not deeply eniargiiiate, 

 rather closely, not coarsel.y punctate. .\.iitennal joints either '.) or 10 in 

 number. Thorax short, sides strongly curved in front of middle, nearly 

 straight behind, surface sparsely and rather coarsel.\' punctate. I'llytra 

 more coarsely and closely punctate than thorax, the cost:e almost obsolete. 

 Metasternum sparsely punctured, the hairs short and sparse. Male with 

 antenual clulj as long as stem ; abdomen slightly flattened, fifth segment 

 sloping downward, last segment feebly concave. Length 10.5-13 mm. ( Plate 

 I, fig. 380.) 



One specimen taken by Wolcott near Hessville, Lake County. 

 July 23. Occurs from Canada to North Carolina and Texas. 



1813 ( ). Lachnosteena gibbosa Burm., Handb. Ent.. IV. 1855, 324. 



Oblong, convex, slightly broader 



behind. Pale chestnut or dark red- 

 dish-brown, smooth, moderately 

 shining. Olyiieus very feebly emar- 

 ginate, more deeply in female, both 



it and the front rather sparsely and pf^'Kism^k. 



coarsely punctured. Thorax rather 

 short and convex, margin slightly 

 crenate, ciliate with long hairs; 

 disk coarsely and rather sparsely 

 punctate, usually with a smooth me- 

 dian space. Blytral punctures as 

 coarse as those of thorax; the sub- 

 marginal costa faintly visible on ap- '' ^ *'" 



ical half. Metasternum densely Fig. 374. X 2. a, ventral characters of male; !>, apex o 

 punctured, the hair long and close Mud tibia of male, showing the form of spurs. 



Male with autennal club a little (After Forbes.) 



shorter than stem; abdomen broadly impressed, fifth segment feebly cou- 

 ve.x and granulate at middle, last segment deeply concave; inner spur of 

 hind tibia; somewhat S-shaped. Length 12-16 mm. (Fig :!74 and PI I 

 flg. 376.) ■ ■ 



Common in the southern half of State; much less so in the 

 northern portion, April 3-August 22. Specimens on April 3 and 

 April 12 were taken beneath cover and had just eraersed as imaooes. 

 Others were taken at light on April ] 8th and 19th. Readily known 

 by the pale color, long eilise of thorax -.md peculiar inn.'.- hind tibial 

 spur of male. L. fvtilis Lee. of the Henshaw Catalogue, is the male 

 of gibbosa and L. scrricornis Lee. the female. 



