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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM 
  vol.96 
  

  

  setae. 
  The 
  head 
  appears 
  rugose 
  owing 
  to 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  impressed 
  hnes 
  

   running 
  posteriorly 
  from 
  each 
  puncture. 
  Pronotum 
  slightly 
  wider 
  

   than 
  long 
  (1.5 
  by 
  1.1 
  mm.), 
  base 
  and 
  apex 
  subequal 
  in 
  width, 
  evenly 
  

   rounded 
  at 
  sides; 
  disk 
  deeply, 
  coarsely, 
  and 
  closely 
  punctate, 
  giving 
  it 
  

   a 
  reticulate 
  appearance, 
  and 
  with 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  erect 
  setae 
  from 
  finer 
  

   punctures 
  on 
  the 
  intervals 
  between 
  the 
  larger 
  ones. 
  Elytral 
  striae 
  

   consisting 
  of 
  rows 
  of 
  large, 
  round, 
  deep, 
  unconnected 
  punctures; 
  

   intervals 
  subequal 
  in 
  width, 
  nearly 
  flat, 
  each 
  with 
  a 
  single 
  row 
  of 
  long, 
  

   semierect, 
  tawny 
  setae. 
  Legs 
  stout, 
  front 
  tibiae 
  nearly 
  straight 
  and 
  

   denticulate 
  within 
  ; 
  apices 
  of 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  truncate, 
  with 
  a 
  double 
  row 
  of 
  

   spines. 
  

  

  Measurements 
  in 
  millimeters. 
  — 
  Length 
  5.0 
  to 
  5.5; 
  width 
  2.0 
  to 
  2.6. 
  

  

  Female 
  genitalia 
  (fig. 
  50). 
  — 
  Eighth 
  sternite 
  broadly 
  rounded 
  and 
  

   hairy 
  at 
  apex. 
  Genital 
  tube 
  long, 
  lightly 
  chitinized, 
  slightly 
  curved 
  

   downward, 
  with 
  two 
  diverging, 
  heavily 
  chitinized 
  spines 
  at 
  apex. 
  

   Receptaculum 
  seminis 
  with 
  the 
  cornu 
  very 
  thin, 
  irregular, 
  curved 
  but 
  

   not 
  hooked, 
  nodulus 
  small. 
  

  

  Type 
  locality. 
  — 
  -El 
  Paso, 
  Tex. 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  seen 
  specimens 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  from 
  El 
  Paso, 
  Tex. 
  ; 
  Deming 
  

   and 
  Albuquerque, 
  N. 
  Mex. 
  ; 
  and 
  Tucson, 
  Ariz. 
  All 
  specimens 
  exam- 
  

   ined 
  are 
  females. 
  

  

  SAPOTES 
  LONGIPILIS 
  Van 
  Dyke 
  

  

  Sapotes 
  longipilis 
  Van 
  Dyke, 
  1934, 
  p. 
  175. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  differs 
  from 
  S. 
  puncticollis 
  in 
  the 
  longer 
  setae, 
  narrower, 
  

   and 
  less 
  robust 
  form, 
  finer 
  rostral 
  sulci, 
  and 
  the 
  finer 
  and 
  more 
  irregular 
  

   (nonreticulate) 
  punctation 
  of 
  the 
  pronotum. 
  The 
  female 
  genitalia 
  of 
  

   the 
  two 
  species 
  are 
  identical. 
  

  

  Type 
  locality. 
  — 
  Winslow, 
  Ariz. 
  

  

  Genus 
  EUPAGODERES 
  Horn 
  

  

  Eupagoderes 
  Horn, 
  1876, 
  p. 
  32. 
  (Genotype, 
  Ophryastes 
  speciosus 
  LeConte, 
  

   designated 
  by 
  Pierce, 
  1913, 
  p. 
  374.) 
  

  

  Although 
  it 
  seems 
  desirable 
  to 
  maintain 
  Eupagoderes 
  as 
  a 
  genus, 
  or 
  

   at 
  least 
  as 
  a 
  subgenus 
  of 
  Ophryastes, 
  for 
  convenience 
  in 
  classification, 
  

   there 
  is 
  actually 
  no 
  character 
  that 
  holds 
  throughout 
  the 
  group. 
  On 
  

   this 
  point 
  I 
  cannot 
  do 
  better 
  than 
  to 
  quote 
  from 
  Fall 
  (1907, 
  pp. 
  260-261) 
  : 
  

  

  The 
  establishment 
  of 
  Eupagoderes 
  by 
  Horn 
  for 
  certain 
  species 
  previously 
  re- 
  

   ferred 
  to 
  Ophryastes 
  has 
  not 
  proved 
  satisfactory, 
  all 
  the 
  characters 
  named 
  being 
  

   gradational. 
  The 
  most 
  conspicuous 
  of 
  these, 
  taking 
  the 
  species 
  as 
  a 
  whole, 
  is 
  

   the 
  presence 
  of 
  lateral 
  callosities 
  of 
  the 
  prothorax 
  in 
  Ophryastes, 
  but 
  as 
  pointed 
  

   out 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Sharp 
  in 
  the 
  "Biologia" 
  this 
  cannot 
  be 
  properly 
  regarded 
  as 
  a 
  generic 
  

   character. 
  The 
  latter 
  author 
  is, 
  however, 
  equally 
  at 
  fault 
  in 
  stating 
  that 
  the 
  two 
  

   genera 
  may 
  be 
  separated 
  by 
  the 
  presence 
  {Eupagoderes) 
  or 
  absence 
  (Ophryastes) 
  

   of 
  adhesive 
  pubescence 
  on 
  the 
  lobes 
  of 
  the 
  third 
  tarsal 
  joints, 
  this 
  character 
  being 
  

  

  