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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  and 
  so 
  twisted 
  that 
  their 
  concave 
  faces 
  are 
  ventrolateral, 
  their 
  

   apices 
  divergent; 
  coxites 
  produced, 
  chitinous, 
  divergent 
  at 
  apex; 
  

   styli 
  very 
  small, 
  flattened, 
  situated 
  upon 
  the 
  dorsal 
  face 
  of 
  the 
  

   coxites. 
  Eighth 
  sternite 
  broad, 
  acutely 
  emarginate 
  at 
  apex. 
  

  

  Male 
  genitalia 
  (fig. 
  59, 
  e, 
  /). 
  — 
  Median 
  lobe 
  small, 
  very 
  broadly 
  

   rounded 
  at 
  apex 
  and 
  deeply 
  excavated 
  distad 
  of 
  the 
  median 
  orifice; 
  

  

  r\ 
  

  

  Figure 
  59. 
  — 
  Eupagoderes 
  sordidus 
  (LeConte): 
  a, 
  Female 
  genital 
  tube, 
  dorsal 
  view; 
  b, 
  

   female 
  genital 
  tube, 
  ventral 
  view; 
  c, 
  female 
  genital 
  tube, 
  lateral 
  view; 
  d, 
  eighth 
  sternite 
  

   of 
  female; 
  e, 
  median 
  lobe 
  of 
  male 
  genitalia, 
  dorsal 
  view;/, 
  median 
  lobe 
  of 
  male 
  genitalia, 
  

   lateral 
  view. 
  

  

  median 
  orifice 
  slightly 
  elongate, 
  truncate 
  at 
  base; 
  median 
  lobe 
  in 
  

   profile 
  rather 
  thin, 
  evenly 
  curved. 
  

  

  Type 
  locality. 
  — 
  Platte 
  River. 
  

  

  Specimens 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  have 
  been 
  examined 
  from 
  the 
  following 
  

   localities: 
  Arizona, 
  Winslow 
  (Hubbard 
  and 
  Schwarz; 
  Wickham). 
  

   New 
  Mexico, 
  Tucumcari 
  (Wickham); 
  Fort 
  Wingate; 
  Albuquerque 
  

   (Wickham); 
  Deming 
  (Wickham); 
  Santa 
  Fe; 
  Corona; 
  Vaughn; 
  San 
  

   Juan 
  Valley, 
  Taos 
  County; 
  Roswell; 
  Magdalena 
  (Strickler). 
  Texas, 
  

   Marfa; 
  Marathon; 
  Chisos 
  Mountains, 
  Brewster 
  County. 
  Kansas, 
  

   "W. 
  Kansas" 
  (Popenoe). 
  

  

  EUPAGODERES 
  SIMULANS 
  Van 
  Dyke 
  

  

  Figure 
  60 
  

  

  Eupagoderes 
  simulans 
  Van 
  Dyke, 
  1934, 
  p. 
  176. 
  

  

  Moderately 
  robust, 
  convex, 
  covered 
  with 
  dark 
  gray 
  scales, 
  with 
  

   irregular 
  mottlings 
  of 
  black 
  or 
  dark 
  gray 
  upon 
  the 
  elytra 
  and 
  three 
  

   dark 
  vittae 
  upon 
  the 
  pronotum. 
  Rostrum 
  moderately 
  stout, 
  deeply 
  

   transversely 
  grooved 
  at 
  base 
  beneath, 
  moderately 
  arched 
  at 
  apex 
  

   above, 
  separated 
  from 
  the 
  front 
  by 
  a 
  well-marked 
  transverse 
  impres- 
  

   sion; 
  median 
  sulcus 
  sharply 
  defined; 
  lateral 
  sulci 
  broad 
  and 
  deep, 
  

   nearly 
  straight, 
  converging 
  toward 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  rostrum. 
  Front 
  

   slightly 
  flattened, 
  head 
  otherwise 
  evenly 
  rounded. 
  Pronotum 
  almost 
  

  

  