1879.] 401 [Horn. 



slightly emarginate at middle. Head and front coarsely and densely punc- 

 tured with moderately long hair. Thorax oval, narrowed in front, slightly 

 wider than long, sides moderately arcuate, base not narrower than mid- 

 dle, basal margin regularly arcuate, surface coarsely and densely punctured, 

 with short erect yellowish pubescence. Scutellum smooth. Elytra mod- 

 erately convex, disc very vaguely bicostate, surface irregularly sparsely 

 punctate. Body beneath piceous, shining, sparsely hairy, tibiae very feebly 

 fimbriate. Pygidium concentrically strigose, smooth near the tip. 

 Mesosternal button round, hairy. Length .54 inch ; 13.5 mm. PI. iv, 

 fig. 14. 



Iii the unique 9 before me, the. club of the antenna nearly 

 equals the stem. The anterior tibiae are acutely tridentate, 

 the teeth rather long and equidistant. From the few species 

 in our fauna which have the base of the thorax simply arcu- 

 ate, this species differs, either by the form of the clypeus or 

 the elytral and thoracic sculpture. 



One specimen, Kansas, given me by Dr. S. V. Summers. 

 It is probable that the color will vary from this unique. 

 The scutellum is black, and the suture and apical margin 

 narrowly piceous, and these spaces may possibly be found 

 extending so as to form a style of coloration analogous to 

 that of areata. 



E. liirtipes, n. sp. 



Piceous, elytra luteous, above with moderately long yellowish hair. 

 Clypeus as broad as long, not narrowed in front, anterior angles broadly 

 rounded, apical margin slightly reflexed, feebly emarginate. Head coarsely 

 and densely punctured, clothed with rather long yellowish hair. Thorax 

 oval, broader than long, narrower in front, sides strongly arcuate, base 

 narrower than middle, the margin broadly arcuate, and opposite the scu- 

 tellum emarginate, disc moderately convex, surface densely but rather 

 irregularly punctured, a smooth space along the middle and one on each 

 side, pubescence rather long and erect. Scutellum smooth, a median im- 

 pression near the tip. Elytra slightly narrowed toward the tip, disc feebly 

 convex, vaguely hicostate, the intervals irregularly punctured, the punc- 

 tures bearing moderately long hairs. Pygidium moderately densely punc- 

 tured and hairy. Body beneath and legs clothed with long yellowish hair. 

 Abdomen coarsely punctured. Mesosternal button round and hairy in 

 front. Length A'l^-.m^ inch ; 10.5-14 mm. PI. iv, fig. 13. 



The antennal club is about the length of the stem, and 

 similar in the two sexes. The anterior tibia? are rather 

 broad, tridentate, the apical tooth longer and more distant 

 than the other two. The legs are less hairy in the female 



