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There is no difficulty in distinguishing this insect, the vague depressions seen in other 
species in connection with the punctuation being in EZ. championi unusually developed. 
A small series was procured. 
22. Epicerus tenuis, sp. n. 
Gracilis, niger, griseo-squamosus ; rostro anterius in medio leviter impresso ; prothorace subcylindrico, ineequali ; 
elytris seriatim remote sat fortiter pu nctatis. 
Long. 8-9 millim. 
Hab. Muxico, Xautipa and Chilpancingo in Guerrero (4. H. Smith). 
Rostrum in the male with a distinct short longitudinal depression on the middle, in 
the female almost flat ; a distinct fovea between the eyes. Thorax very little broader 
behind, the surface covered with vague impressions, and with an obscure depression 
along the middle. Elytra with regular series of punctures, which towards the suture 
in front are larger and foveiform. Hight specimens. 
This is one of the most slender insects of the genus, and the sexual distinctions are 
comparatively slight, the female being, however, rather broader and more convex. 
The next two species approach L. tenuis very closely, but the thorax in them is less 
rugose. 
23. Epicerus pedestris, sp. n. 
Angustulus, niger, griseo-squamosus, fere concolor; prothorace impressionibus paucis subinequali; elytris 
seriatim remote subtiliter foveolatis. 
Long. 8-9 millim. 
Hab. GuatEMata, Cerro Zunil, San Gerénimo (Champion). 
Rostrum similar in the two sexes, nearly flat and unimpressed, with a small puncti- 
form fovea between the eyes. Thorax conico-cylindrical, not much narrowed in front, 
the surface shining black (but covered with minute scales) and rendered slightly 
uneven by a few vague impressions ; in the male with a slight transverse constriction 
immediately before the base. Elytra with regular series of moderately large rather 
distant punctures, the surface slightly depressed round each puncture; in the male 
there is a distinct constriction just behind the base. 
Three examples were found at Cerro Zunil, one at San Gerdénimo; the specimen 
from the latter locality differs considerably in outline and a little in colour, and may 
perhaps prove to belong to a distinct species. 
24. Epicerus capetillensis, sp. x. 
Angustulus, niger, fusco-griseo-squamosus, fere concolor; prothorace fere quali; elytris seriatim remote 
subtiliter punctatis. 
Long. 8-10 millim. 
‘Hab. Guatemata, Capetillo (Champion), Chinautla 4100 feet (Salvin), Escuintla 
(Conradt). 
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