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EPIBIDIS, gen. nov. 
Subparallela, vertice angusto, ante oculos magnos distincte producto; antennis elongatis, articulo primo longo, 
levi, secundo primo vix longiori, asperato et setoso, tertio setiformi preecedentibus longiori; fronte 
clypeoque longis, perangustis, latitudine ad medium maxima, carinatis et distincte marginatis ; pronoto 
inter oculos obtuse triangulariter producto, carinato ; scutello amplo, pronoto triplo longiori, quinque- 
carinato ; tegminibus longis, venis granulatis, vena clavali apicem ipsam clavi haud attingente; pedibus 
longis, tibiis posticis quatuor vel quinque spinis instructis. 
Somewhat elongate, subparallel, with the vertex narrow, distinctly longer than broad, and produced in front of 
the eyes (the anterior margin, if viewed from above, appears to be finely notched); forehead and clypeus 
long and narrow, broadest about the middle, carinate and plainly margined; antennew elongate, with the 
first joint long and smooth, the second joint scarcely longer than the first, asperate, with warty whitish 
excrescences, and very short and strong thick setw, the last joint (often broken off) setiform, longer than 
the two preceding together ; pronotum obtusely produced between the eyos, carinate; scutellum large, 
three times as long as the pronotum at its broadest part, with five carine ; tegmina long, with the veins 
rather fine, but more or less strongly granulate throughout, the claval vein not reaching the apex of the 
clavus, but joining the suture before it; legs long, posterior tibiz with four or five spines, one being very 
near the base. 
This genus comes near Bidis, Walker (= Hygyops, A. & S.= Ugyops, Guér.); but 
in the latter the basal joint of the antenne is considerably shorter than the second, and 
the head is somewhat differently shaped. 
1, Epibidis godmani, sp.n. (Tab. XIII. figg. 3, 3a, 6,9; 4, 6; 5, var.) 
Brunnea vel griseo-brunnea; vertice fronteque brunneo-testaceis vel fuscis; antennis articulo primo viri- 
descenti-testaceo, secundo variegato; scutello ad medium testaceo, ad Jatera fusco sed variabili; 
tegminibus nitidis plus minusve pellucidis, colore variante, linea irregulari testaceé pone medium, venis 
fusco-granulatis ; pedibus testaceis, fusco-annulatis vel notatis ; tibiis posticis quadrispinosis. 
Mas segmentis ventralibus abdominis plus minusve emarginatis, segmento ultimo ad medium subquadratim 
producto, laminis utrinque latis, apicibus truncato-sinuatis ; stylis brevibus validis, ad basim et ad apicem 
approximatis, apicibus leviter subsecuriformibus. 
Femina segmentis ultimis ventralibus fortiter angulariter emarginatis, ovipositore prelongo, stylo anali longo, 
sat robusto. 
Brown or greyish-brown, with the front-parts dark and the tegmina rather shiny; vertex and forehead 
brownish-testaceous or fuscous; antenne with the first joint greenish-testaceous, and the second 
variegated, the terminal seta very long; scutellum testaceous with the sides dark, or entirely testaceous, 
or dark; tegmina more or less transparent, with the base dark, or with a fuscous spot or band, or with 
greenish markings, or entirely brownish, with more or less distinct granulations over all the veins; 
between the middle and the apex there is an irregular, very narrow, testaceous line, which at once 
distinguishes the species; the apical portion beyond this is more transparent than the rest; legs 
testaceous, ringed with piceous, or with fuscous spots at the base of the spines; posterior tibia quadri- 
spinose. 
Male with the ventral segments of the abdomen more or less emarginate ; last segment rectangularly produced, 
with broad plates on either side, the apices truncate and sinuate; styles short and stout, approximate at 
the base and apex and enclosing a semicircular space, their apex slightly securiform or thickened. 
Female with the last ventral segments strongly, angularly emarginate, the ovipositor very long, the anal style 
long and somewhat robust. 
Long. cum tegm. 74-84 millim.; lat. ad hum. 23-3 millim. (¢ 9.) 
Hab. Panama, Bugaba, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion). 
A large series. 
