EPIERUS. 207 
Epierus devians, Mars. loc. cit. 1862, Cat. p. 712. 
Hab. Mexico}. 
This insect was unknown to Marseul when he wrote his monograph, and is not 
represented in this collection. 
14. Epierus planulus. 
Epierus planulus, Er. in Klug’s Jahrb. der Ins. 1834, p. 1621; Mars. Monogr. in Ann. Soc. Ent. 
Fr. 1854, p. 702, t.10. fig. 22% 
Epierus decipiens, Lec. Ann. Lyc. N. York, v. p. 164° (=planulus, Er., sec Horn, Trans. Am. Phil. 
Soc. xiii. p. 801). 
3. Epierus nasutus, Horn, loc. cit. p. 301‘. 
Hab. Nortn Amurica, Rio Colorado 23, Fort Yuma in Arizona 4.—MeExico, Las Vigas, 
Toluca (Hoge), Teapa?; British Honpuras, R. Hondo (Blancaneaux); Guatemana, 
Cahabon (Champion).—VenezveLa, La Guayra}, Caracas2; Perv. 
The male of this species has a frontal tubercle. 
15. Epierus incultus. 
Epierus incultus, Mars. Monogr. in Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1854, p. 708, t. 10. fig. 237. 
Hab. Mexico!, Teapa, Vera Cruz (Sallé), Jalapa (Hoge); British Honpuras, R. 
Sarstoon (Blancaneaux) ; Guatemata, San Juan in Vera Paz, Purula, San Gerdénimo, 
El Jicaro, Zapote (Champion). 
16. Epierus scitus, sp. n. (Tab. V. fig. 17.) 
Ovalis, supra depressus, niger, nitidus; antennis pedibusque piceis, clava rufa; fronte plana, supra oculos 
elevata, stria brevissima; pronoto parce punctato, stria marginali antice late interrupta; elytris striis 
crenulatis, 1*-4™ integris, 5° et suturali antice abbreviatis; propygidio pygidioque punctulatis ; prosterno 
lato, bistriato, levi; mesosterno antice sinuato, marginato, stria transversa sat profunde impressa. Long. 
23 millim. 
Hab. Guatema.a, Cerro Zunil, Capetillo (Champion). 
* 
Four specimens. This species somewhat resembles ZL. incultws, Mars.; but it is 
broadly oval in outline, and has two shortened elytral stria; the prosternum is smooth 
and shining, with the lateral strie nearly parallel. 
17. Epierus longulus. 
Epierus longulus, Mars. Monogr. in Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1854, p. 704, t. 10. fig. 24°. 
Hab. Mexico, Ciudad in Durango, Toluca, Las Vigas (Hége), San Andres, Vera 
Cruz (Sallé), Yucatan 1. 
The male of this species has a distinct frontal process. 
