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49. Epicerus carinatus. 
Epicerus carinatus, Boh. in Schénh, Gen. Cure. vi. 2, p. 285 (excl. var.) °. 
Hab. Muxico, Vera Cruz}, Jalapa, Oaxaca (Hége), Juquila (Sallé); Guaremana, 
Calderas, Duefas (Champion). 
This is a considerably smaller insect than LE. tristis, with a rather shorter thorax and 
much coarser setosity, the latter not being confined to the elytral declivity but evident 
over the whole surface; the antenne are only about half as thick, being unusually 
slender. ‘The female has the elytra broader and shorter, more abruptly narrowed 
behind, and with the suture before the apex more prominent. 
This species is very variable, if all the specimens I refer to it are really conspecific. 
The length varies from a little less than 8 to rather more than 10 millim.; the 
clothing, sculpture, and the sexual distinctions in the shape of the body also vary much. 
Possibly there may be more than one species amongst these specimens, but if so it will 
be no easy task to discriminate them. I have examined about twenty-five examples, 
including a typical specimen from the Schénherrian collection. 
50. Hpiceerus biformis, sp.n. (Tab. V. fig. 17, 2.) 
Niger, fusco-squamosus, seepe vage viridi-variegatus ; prothorace conico-cylindrico; elytris subovatis, pone 
medium latioribus. 
Long. 9-12 millim. 
Hab. Guatemata, Purula, Sabo, Sinanja, San Juan, all in Vera Paz (Champion). 
Rostrum broad, subparallel, densely squamose, scarcely impressed along the middle ; 
eyes rather prominent, between them a very small fovea. Antenne elongate, the second 
joint of the funiculus very long. Thorax elongate, a little narrowed in front, the surface 
not distinctly punctured but with vague coarse impressions concealed by the squamosity. 
Elytra at the base only as broad as the base of the thorax, but becoming broader to 
behind the middle, and in the female very broad, furnished with regular series of coarse 
depressions, densely squamose, and with scanty, short, coarse sete. 
This insect is very closely allied to £. carinatus, but is larger, and has the elytra 
much broader—especially in the female,—and the rostrum broader and less impressed. 
Fifteen specimens. 
51. Epicerus pavidus, sp. n. 
Niger, fusco-griseo-squamosus, elytris fasciis duabus transversis fuscis sat distinctis ; rostro lato, fere in- 
impresso ; prothorace minus elongato, fortiter punctato. 
Long. 6-8 millim. 
Hab. Guatemata, El Gumbador, Cerro Zunil, San Isidro, Las Mercedes, Volcan de 
Atitlan (Champion). 
‘Thickly covered with scales, and bearing some short, clavate sete. Second joint of 
