THE LOXG-IIURXED WOOD-BORIXG BEETLES. 1073 



.Lawrence ('oimtj-: rare. June 5. Beaten from limbs of dead 



oak. Ranircs from Canada and Pennsylvania to Kansas and Texas. 



L. pTaniflorsus Lee., densely clothed with aray haii-s. elytra with 



interrupted dark crossbar, length P mm., is known from Michigan, 



Louisiana and Texa-~. 



l'.;iS2 (6411). Leptostylus aculiff;eu5 S.iy. .Tourn. Amer. Phil. S..i-.. III. 

 ISj:;. 3i;:i: ibid. II. ]sr,. 

 Klon^'fite-rililong. robust. Blacklsh-brown, densily 

 elothetl with shut, prostrate. ^Ta.vish inibeseence; elytra 

 with a whitish baud behind the middle, this broad at su- 

 ture, narrowing toward the sides, and edged with a black 

 line behind which the surface is fus<c ais or siudky brown ; 

 joiuts iif basal half of antenna^ spotted, those of apical 

 half, annulate at tips with brown. Disk of thorax with f>& '^i ■" H- 

 five blunt tubercles. Male with hind trochanters ending in a short, acute 

 SI pine. Length 7.5-10 mm. (Fig. Itjl.t 



Southern half of Stati . frequent; prohalily throughout. April 

 22— September 2ii. Breeds in a variety of trees, pspeeially sycamore, 

 oak. apple and osayfp orange. The larve mine under the bark and 

 are usually found in diseased or recently cut trees. 



LYIII. LidPrs Sei-v. I^:j5. . Gr.. ■ 'smooth -^ foot:")" 



Species usually smaller than thos. of L'plosiyhis and differing 

 by having an acute spui.- behind the middle on each side of thorax : 

 ]ircsteriiuiii xisually narrow: mcsosternum f;radually narrowed be- 

 hind, truncate at tip and not dilated; antennie always longer than 

 bod.v. joints ."> to 11. very ucarh' eijual in lentrth. Five spHiics an' 

 known from the State. 



KEY TO rXmAX.V SIKC IKS OK LIOPI ^. 



a. Front flat, mouth in the same plane as the front; elytra witliout an 



aiiinilar mark liehiud the middle: sides of thorax lurveil. the siiiiin 



small and acTite. I'Js:'.. TABiEGAXts. 



aa. Front c-onvex. mouth slightly retracted; si.ine on side of thorax rather 



distant from base. 



6. El.vtra with distinrt tufts of small, black. eie<t scales. 



c. Form robust: pul>esrence pale asli-gray el.vtra with one broadly 

 angulatoii band. ]0S4. cBAssiLrs. 



cc. Form slei;der : pubesceme brown: elytra with one band forming 

 a broad angle, and a second less di-stlnrt band liehlnd it 



ins',. FASCICTXABIS. 



&6. El.vtra without tufts of erect scales. 



</. Elytra with an acntel.v aiiindar blackish band behind the middle. 



l;isl1. AUPHA. 



d<f. El.vtra without an angular band but often with a feebly marked 

 transverse band of whitish pubesc-enee. 19S7. prxcrATt s. 



