EPIPEDA.—DIESTOTA. 247 
Antenne rather short, red; third joint shorter than the second ; fourth quadrate ; 
fifth slightly, tenth more strongly transverse. Head rather narrow and elongate, very 
dull, a little darker in colour than the other parts, and with a close, rather coarse, but 
very slightly impressed, indistinct punctuation. Thorax a little narrower than the 
elytra, broader than long, a little rounded at the sides, and slightly narrowed behind, a 
little deplanate along the middle, dull, sculpture invisible. Elytra rather longer than 
the thorax, finely and indistinctly punctate. Hind body on the two or three basal 
segments with a slight sculpture, which is rather a slight roughening of the surface 
than a true punctuation ; except for this, impunctate. 
This species differs from E. reyt by the absence of the thoracic impressions, as well 
as by other less conspicuous characters; the sternal structure is much the same as in 
E. reyi, except that the mesosternal process is a little longer in E. linearis. Only one 
individual has been found. 
DIESTOTA. 
Diestota, Mulsant et Rey, Opusc. Ent. cah. xiv. p. 194; Hist. Nat. Col. Fr., Brévipennes, Bolitoch. 
p. 97. 
Although but recently established for a rare and minute South-European species, 
this genus seems likely to prove of considerable extent, as I have lately added to 
Rey’s species another from South America and several from the Hawaiian islands. 
1. Diestota funesta. 
Latiuscula, fusco-nigra, antennarum basi, elytris pedibusque fusco-testaceis; capite thoraceque dense obsolete 
punctatis, opacis ; abdomine parce punctato, nitidulo. 
Long. 3 millim. 
Hab. Mexico (Truqut). 
Antenne stout; third joint shorter than second; fourth quadrate, a good deal 
smaller than the fifth, this being transverse, while the following joints are very strongly 
transverse; terminal joint large, obtuse at apex. Head broad, but a good deal narrower — 
than the elytra, extremely dull, owing to an excessively close almost imperceptible 
sculpture. Thorax rather narrower than the elytra, strongly transverse, with a sculpture 
‘similar to that of the head, but not quite so extremely fine, with scarcely any.trace of 
a basal impression. Elytra greatly longer than the thorax, finely punctate, a little 
shining. Hind body broad and parallel ; the basal segments sparingly punctate, the 
apical almost impunctate. 
This insect is larger and broader than any individuals of D. sperata, and 1s ; readily 
enough distinguished by the different punctuation. The unique specimen described 
may possibly be a male, as the hind margin of the seventh dorsal plate appears a little 
truncate in the middle; but I think it is more probable that it is a female. 
