EPURAA. 309 
Hab. Gvuatemata, Quiche Mountains 7000 to 9000 feet, Totonicapam 8500 to 
10,000 feet (Champion). 
Extremely close to #. labilis, Er., but rather smaller and shorter, and with the sides 
of the thorax more explanate near the hind angles. The male tibie are in this species 
nearly simple: in the only specimen of that sex of #. labilis at my disposal I find there 
is a very slight dilatation, almost like a small tubercle, on the inner margin just above 
the apex; this, however, is very minute, and Horn places /. labdilis in a section charac- 
terized by the male tibie being quite simple like those of the female. 1 do not think, 
however, Z. soror is the same species as E. labilis, for the elytra are shorter, and more 
truncate (that is, less rounded) at the extremities. There are sometimes two obsolete 
dark vitte on the thorax. 
The examples of this and of the following two species were found under the bark 
of pines. 
7. Epurea alticola, sp. n. 
Suboblonga, fusco-ferruginea, subopaca, sat lata, prothorace lateribus posterius leviter rotundatis, angulis 
subobtusis. 
Long. 34 millim. 
Hab. Guatemata, Totonicapam 8500 to 10,500 feet (Champion). 
Antenne rather stout; club large, darker in colour. Thorax rather deeply emargi- 
nate in front ; anterior angles acute ; sides but little curved, slightly narrowed behind; 
base quite straight, so that the angles are somewhat obtuse though definite. lytra 
elongate ; apices not at all produced, each separately rounded. Male with a large 
incrassation on the inner face of the middle tibia at the apex. 
Closely allied to #. truncatella, Mann., but very much broader, and with considerable 
explanation of the sides of the thorax. The minor characters of the two are so similar 
that I am not sure that they will ultimately prove to be distinct. 
8. Epurea prolixa, sp.n. (Tab. X. fig. 2, ¢ .) 
Oblonga, parallela, fusco-ferruginea, opaca, subtilissime punctulata ; elytrorum apicibus truncatis. 
Long. 34-3? millim. 
Hab.. Guatemata, Totonicapam 8500 to 10,500 feet (Champion). 
Thorax feebly emarginate in front; anterior angles broad and rounded ; sides only 
very slightly curved, and scarcely at all narrowed behind, so that the width is a little 
greater at the hind than at the front angles ; base quite straight. Elytra elongate ; 
apices not rounded, but truncate. Male with a slight dilatation of the middle tibie 
on the inner margin behind. 
This species is so distinct by its parallel form and extremely fine, even, punctuation 
that it cannot be confounded with any other. 
