( 420) 



4. Epepeotes websteri sp. nov. 



c? $ . E. iiiger, Intoso tomentosns. ( 'aput fere nndnm occipite sparsim pnnc- 

 tulato. Antennarnm articnlus primus deusissime rugnlosus, crasse rugoso-puuctatus. 

 Pronotnm medio sparsim, versus latera parum densius tomentosum, grauulatum, 

 medio transverse plicatnm. Elytra dimidio basali fortiter sat disjjerse punctata, 

 Lnmeris grannlatis, punctis jiostice sparsis, margineapicali bispiuoso levitcr concavo ; 

 dense Intoso tomeutosa, tomcuto in margiue basali i'usco, tribus fasciis latis trans- 

 versis plus minnsve irregnlaribns aeqnidistantibus denndatis atris uitentibus, post- 

 basali, mediaua, postmediana; mediaua latus versus latiore gnttam Intosam lateralera 

 iiieludente; praetcrea maculis irregularibus auteapicalibus etiam denudatis. 



Prona furies medio sparsim, lateribus densius Intoso tomentosa. I'edes nigri, 

 puuctati, tibiis anticis (S) infra crasse rngato-grauulatis. 



cJ. Long, proth. 6, elytr. 23 mm. 



(?. Lat. proth. (apice) "A, elytr. (hum.) 12i mm. 



Hab. New Hanover, March and April 1897 (Captain H. C. Webster); a series 

 of both sexes. 



Varies in size. Easily recognised by the pattern of the elytra, which 

 reminds one of JS^emopkas and also of JJiochares. The S has the first joint of the 

 anterior tarsi exteriorly triangularly dilated, as is the case in the other species of 

 Epepeotes. 



