OF AMERICA NORTH OF MEXICO. 
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A.—b. 
4. L. ciRcuMDATA.—Nigra, breviter parce pubescens, thorace elongatulo, subcampauulato, cribroso, elytri* 
grosse punctatis, pallidis margine apiceque nigris. Long. •21. 
01. 73, 4, 48.: Hald. 65. 
Pennsylvania; rare. 
5. L. VAGANS .—Nigra thorace pubescente, globoso, antrorsum angustato, cribroso, elytris grosse punctatis, 
apice valde dehiscentibus, antennis articulis 6—10 basi pallidis. Long. -42. 
Variat, a. humeris sunguineo rufis: 01. 73, 46. 
(3. macula humerali, alteraque magna apical! rufis. 
y. elytris fulvo-rufis, sutura maculaque discoidali coinmuni nigris. 
8. elytris fulvo-testaceis. 
L. brevis, Kb. N. Z. 182. 
Pennsylvania and New York. 
B 
6 . L. 8-xotata. —Valde elongata, nigra nitida pube flava erecta parce veslita, thorace elongate, utrinque 
impresso, subtilius punctato, elytris thorace plus sesqui latioribus subparallelis minus dense punctatis, 
maculis utrinque 4 seriatim posticis flavis, pedibus posticis basi cum tarsis flavis. Long. *45. 
Say J. A.N. S. 3,419. 
Leptura sticlica, Nm. Entom. 
Var. L. i'-punctata, Hald. 64. 
New York, Pennsylvania and Mississippi. The variety is in Dr. Melsheimer’s 
collection : in it the two anterior pairs of spots are obsolete. 
7. L. viTTATA. — Elongata nigra nitida parce pubescens, capite dense punctato, plaga pone oculos Isevi, 
thorace elongata, postice impresso, parce punctato, densius ad latera, elytris parallelis, apice 
subtruncatis, thorace latioribus, versus scutellum impressis, minus dense grossius punctatis, subtilius ad 
apicem, vitta lutea a basi ultra medium extendente. Long. -45. 
01. 73, 45. 
Leptura nbbreviaia, Germ. Ins. Nov. 
L. semivittata, Kirby N. Z. 183. 
New York, Alabama. The third, fourth, and fifth joints of the antenntje are equal. 
The outline of the vitta is sinuous externally. The luteous color sometimes extends 
to the margin. The female has a shorter and more inflated thorax. 
8. L. puiiERA. —Nigra nitida cinereo-pubescens, thorace convexo, latitudine non longiore, subcampanulato, 
lateribus rotundato, dense punctato, parcius in disco, elytris subparallelis apice truncato-emarginatis, 
grossius minus dense punctatis, subtilius versus apicem. Long. -3—37. 
Say J. A. N. S. 5, 279. 
New York, Georgia, Lake Superior. The male has the thorax elongate and 
scarcely rounded on the sides. 
