EPICYDES.—SPHRAGIDOPHORUS. 61 
1. Epicydes oculatus. (Tab. III. figg.16,¢ ; 16a, labium ; 16 4, maxilla and 
maxillary palpus; 16 ¢, mandible.) 
Very elongate, opaque, black or brownish-black, the elytra sometimes piceous-brown. Head with a few 
setiferous punctures behind and at the sides, for the rest smooth; antenne very long, fusco-ferruginous 
or ferruginous—the apical joint very elongate in both sexes, in the male longer than, in the female about 
equalling, joints 8-10 united ; prothorax about as long as broad, convex, the sides finely margined towards 
the base, moderately rounded anteriorly, and strongly constricted behind, the hind angles sharp and very 
prominent, the basal margin much raised, the disc obsoletely canaliculate in front and sometimes a little 
depressed in the middle behind, the surface finely, rather deeply, and somewhat thickly punctured ; elytra 
with shallow intrahumeral depression, very long, widest beyond the middle, finely and deeply punctate- 
striate throughout, the punctures approximate, the interstices rather convex, flatter towards the base, the 
first with about five (varying in position—sometimes two at the apex and two or three at the base, and 
sometimes with only one or two near the apex), the third with from six to ten (scattered between the 
base and apex), the fifth and seventh with from three to six (scattered between the base and apex and 
sometimes obsolete), and the ninth with four or five (near the apex), fine setiferous punctures, the apices 
obtuse; beneath varying in colour from piceous to reddish-brown, the sides of the metasternum thickly 
punctured; legs long, varying in colour from piceous to testaceous, the femora smooth and glabrous. 
Length 113-142 millim.; breadth (at the shoulders) 3-4 millim. (¢ @.) 
Hab. Mexico (coll. F. Bates), Playa Vicente, Cordova, Juquila (Sailé), Cerro de 
Plumas (Hége); Guatemata, Las Mercedes (Champion). 
Seven examples. The widely scattered setiferous impressions on the alternate elytral 
interstices vary in number and position, and many of them are sometimes obsolete, the 
first and third interstices, however, invariably have two or three at the apex. The 
single specimen from the Guatemalan Pacific slope agrees well with the others from 
the Atlantic slope of Mexico. . oculatus is separated in the Sallé collection into no 
less than four species. 
2. Epicydes vicinus. 
Closely resembling H. oculatus, and differing as follows :—Slightly shining ; the elytral striee deeper and cren- 
ately punctured, the interstices more convex, the first, third, fifth, seventh, and ninth each with one or 
two irregular rows of rather closely placed setiferous punctures extending from the base to the apex; the 
legs varying in colour from fusco-castaneous to testaceous with the knees and tarsi piceous; the rest as 
in £. oculatus. 
Length 134-164 millim. ; breadth (at the shoulders) 33-43 millim. (¢ 9.) 
Hab. Guatemata, San Juan and Senahu in Vera Paz (Champion), Coban (Conradt) ; 
NicaraGua, Chontales (Belt). 
Four examples only, all from the Atlantic slope. The very numerous setiferous 
impressions on the alternate elytral interstices and the more convex interstices and 
deeper striz readily distinguish E. vicinus from E. oculatus. The upper surface is also 
less opaque. 
SPHRAGIDOPHORUS. 
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Last joint of maxillary palpi subsecuriform, that of the labial palpi very broad and subsecuriform ; ligula very 
prominent, extending laterally as far as the sides of the mentum; mentum trapezoidal; outer lobe of 
