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figured. This sex is only distinguishable from the female by the presence of a very 

 minute denticle near the apex of the front tibia. 



B. Elytra micolorous brown. 

 a. Ageoc of the elytra truncate. 



8, Epipocus longicornis. 



Epipocus longicornis, Gerst. Monogr. Endom. p. 255 l * 



"Obscure ferrugineus, unicolor, antennis elongatis, basi apieeque exceptis nigro-piceis ; elytris apice oblique 

 truncatis, supra crebre punctatis, prope suturam longitudinaliter subcoatatis. Long. lin. 3. $ ." 



Eab. Mexico 1 . 



I have not seen any examples which I can refer to this species. 



9, EpipOCUS SUbCOStatUS, (Tab. VII. fig. 13, c? .) 



Oblongus, brunneo-ferrugineus, breviter pubescens ; antennis (articulis duobus primis apieeque exceptis), tibiarum 

 basi et pro thoracis maculis quatuor nigris; elytrorum apicibus oblique et arcuatim truncatis. Long. 

 11 minim, tf ? • 



Eab. Mexico, Cuernavaca, Yautepec in Morelos {Edge). 



Oblong, pubescent; head very finely punctured ; antennae long, the third joint nearly 

 equal to the fourth and fifth joints united, the two basal joints and the apical one 

 (except at its base) yellow. Thorax not twice as wide as long ; the sides parallel near 

 the base, much rounded in to the front angles, especially in the female ; the disc vaguely 

 and deeply, the sides thickly and confusedly, punctured ; the sulci curving inwards, very 

 distinct and linear ; a distinct round black dot on each side, and a less distinct and 

 irregular blackish spot in the shallow fovea on each side of the middle. Scutellum 

 punctured. Elytra very finely punctured, and with a short shining golden pubescence, 

 their apex rather deeply excised. Legs unicolorous with the body, excepting that the 

 bases of the tibiae are black. 



The males have an indistinct tooth or angular widening at one third from the apex 

 of the front tibia. 



One male from Cuernavaca, one female from Yautepec. The male specimen is 

 figured. 



10, Epipocus unicolor. 



Epipocus unicolor, Horn, Trans. Am, Eni. :S.oc, 18,70, p, ©6 1 ; -Qrp£eli* Trans, &m. Ent. Soc. 1873, 

 p. 361 2 ; Gorh. Endom. Recit. p. 21 3 . 



Eab. Noeth Ameeica, Arizona 2 , Colorado 1 3 . — Mexico, Northern Sonora (Morrison). 



The small size (seven millimetres), unicolorous thorax and antennae, and obliquely 



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