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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  finely 
  and 
  sparsely 
  punctate 
  and 
  with 
  a 
  fine 
  median 
  impression. 
  

   Elytral 
  striae 
  fine, 
  punctures 
  distinct; 
  intervals 
  nearly 
  flat, 
  3 
  and 
  5 
  

   wider; 
  setae 
  fine, 
  yellowish, 
  placed 
  in 
  the 
  strial 
  punctures 
  and 
  in 
  a 
  

   fine 
  secondary 
  punctation 
  upon 
  the 
  intervals. 
  Legs 
  only 
  moderately 
  

   stout, 
  brown 
  with 
  a 
  sprinkling 
  of 
  white 
  scales; 
  tibiae 
  minutely 
  den- 
  

   ticulate 
  on 
  the 
  inner 
  side. 
  

  

  Figure 
  57. 
  — 
  Eupagoderes 
  speciosus 
  (LeConte): 
  a. 
  Female 
  genital 
  tube, 
  dorsal 
  view; 
  

   b, 
  female 
  genital 
  tube, 
  ventral 
  view; 
  c, 
  female 
  genital 
  tube, 
  lateral 
  view; 
  d, 
  median 
  lobe 
  

   of 
  male 
  genitalia, 
  lateral 
  and 
  dorsal 
  views. 
  

  

  Measurements 
  in 
  millimeters. 
  — 
  Length 
  14.4 
  to 
  21.5. 
  

  

  Female 
  genitalia 
  (fig. 
  57, 
  a, 
  b, 
  c). 
  — 
  Genital 
  tube 
  wedge-shaped, 
  

   dorsoventrally 
  flattened, 
  rather 
  heavily 
  chitinized. 
  Coxites 
  large, 
  

   hairy; 
  styli 
  very 
  smaU; 
  apical 
  plates 
  large, 
  their 
  upper 
  surfaces 
  slightly 
  

   concave. 
  

  

  Male 
  genitalia 
  (fig. 
  57, 
  d). 
  — 
  Median 
  lobe 
  heavfly 
  chitinized, 
  mod- 
  

   erately, 
  evenly 
  curved 
  in 
  profile, 
  apex 
  thin. 
  As 
  viewed 
  from 
  above, 
  

   sides 
  paraUel 
  or 
  nearly 
  so, 
  the 
  apex 
  evenly, 
  acutely 
  rounded; 
  not 
  

   deeply 
  excavated 
  below 
  the 
  median 
  orifice; 
  median 
  orifice 
  large, 
  oval, 
  

   truncated 
  basally. 
  

  

  