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7. Epipeda pumila. 
Minutissima, depressa, parum elongata, dense subtilissime punctulata, opaca, fusca, antennarum basi pedibusque 
testaceis ; antennis breviusculis, articulis 4°-10™ transversis; capite suboblongo; prothorace postice 
angustato. 
Long. 17 millim. 
Hab. Guatrema.a, Cerro Zunil 4000 to 5000 feet, Las Mercedes 3000 feet (Champion) ; 
Panama, Bugaba (Champion). 
Antenne with the third joint small, much shorter than the second; fourth to tenth 
strongly transverse ; terminal joint rather small. Head parallel-sided, nearly as broad 
as the thorax; this latter nearly as long as broad, a little narrowed behind, and with 
the base much rounded, the hind angles quite indistinct. Elytra longer than the 
thorax, like it and the head excessively densely and finely punctate and pubescent after 
the manner of the Trogophiai, quite dull. Hind body rather short, a little narrower at 
the base than near the extremity, closely and very finely punctate, but not so densely 
and indistinctly as the anterior parts, and not so dull; the apical segments only sparingly 
punctate. 
Several individuals of this species have been found. It is one of the most minute of 
the family ; and I have not been able to count the joints of the tarsi. The middle coxe 
are slightly but minutely separated; and I anticipate that the insect should really be 
placed in Epipeda rather than in Homalota, though a knowledge of the trophi and 
tarsi is necessary to settle this. 
8. Epipeda sordida. 
Depressa, subtilissime punctulata, anterius opaca, abdomine apicem versus nitido, nigra; antennarum basi 
pedibusque testaceis, elytris fusco-testaceis ; capite plano, post oculos subangustato ; prothorace depresso, 
basin versus angustato, medio subdepresso. 
Long. 12 millim. 
Hab. GuatemaLa, Guatemala city and San Gerénimo (Champion). 
Antenne of moderate length and not stout, but little thickened towards the extrem- 
ity; third joint rather long, about equal to the second; fourth quadrate; fifth to 
tenth slightly transverse ; terminal joint rather large. Head very dull, flat, densely 
and quite indistinctly punctate. Thorax rounded at the sides and narrowed behind, 
quite dull, almost invisibly punctate, obscurely depressed along the middle. Elytra of 
an infuscate yellow colour, extremely finely, moderately closely punctate. Hind body 
rather broad; the basal segments indistinctly, moderately closely punctate; the apical 
ones almost impunctate. Legs yellow, the femora slightly infuscate. 
This insect has a similarity of facies to the Kuropean £. plana; and the middle coxe 
are very nearly contiguous, as in that insect. A small series of about a dozen examples 
has been found; but I do not observe any sexual marks. 
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