SYNOPSIS OF TIIK LAMIINiE. 137 



E. ra«<ciatiis n. sp. 



Leiigtli 10 mm. = .40 inch. Habitat. — Texas (Brownsville). 



Body stout, brownish piccoiis, pubescenee white, in ])art short and spai-se, sliow- 

 ing the surface ; in part lonjier and denser concealing the punctures ; head densely 

 pubescent, scarcely punctulate, eyes but narrowly sejiarated above: antennje 

 shorter than the body in the female, longer in the male, pubescent wliite with 

 long hairs beneath, annulate at the incisures; thorax scarcely wider than long, 

 sides parallel, variegated with patches of denser ]>ubescence, very sjiareely punc- 

 tured, disc convex, with a shallow median groove, in which is a short, jjolished 

 black line ; scutellum quadrate, obtusely rounded behind ; elytra w'ith large ocel- 

 late punctures more or less confluent, arranged in strite on the disc, a little con- 

 fused toward the sides, second interval with three large fascicular tufts of coarse 

 black bristles, one near base, one at middle and one at apical third, a basal fascia, 

 sides and apical lialf clothed with white pubescence concealing the punctures, a 

 broad band beliind the basal fascia not atta,ining the sides extending arcuately 

 backward to the middle piceous bi-own ; surface with short, semi-erect black liairs 

 sparsely disposed ; underside variegated by denser or sparser pube.sceuce ; hind 

 tibijE with white flying hairs. 



Described from a male and female taken at Brownsville, Texas, 

 by Mr. C. H. T. Townsend, permission to describe which is due to 

 the courtesy of Mr. L. O. Howard, of the Deparment of Agriculture, 

 through the intercession of Mr. E. A. Schwarz. The types are now 

 deposited in the National Museum at Washington.] " Ham." 



[K. dji!«yccrii*<i Say, 1S2() (Lamia), .Tour. Ac. Nat. Sci. v, 270; Lee, ed. ii, 328: 



Kxacciitnis (hisi/cenis Hald. ; E. obscuriis Hald., Tr. Am. Phil. Soc. x, 50 : 



Lee, Jour. Ac. Nat. Sci. ser. 2d, ii. 160. 



Length 6-S mm. = .24-.32 inch. Habitat. — Michigan, Canada, New Ham]>shire, 



New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, North Carolina. 



This species is robust, parallel, uniformly cinereous, occiput im- 

 pressed deeply, antennae annulate ; anterior margin of thorax with 

 two small tubercles at middle, two black facets on middle of disc ; 

 the elytra are punctured striately and have four rows on each of 

 erect black fasciculi placed on the suture and three elevated lines ; 

 behind the base is a common, narrow, black band, terminating at 

 the middle of the sides. 



This species varies from light to dark cinereous. The length given 

 by Say 2^^ inch, is a misprint for f\ inch. Bred, Init not abundantly, 

 from dead hickory limbs.] " Ham." 



[E. exigiiiis Lee. 1852, .Jour. Ac. Nat. Sci. ser. 2d, ii, KiO. 

 Length 4.5 mm. = .18 inch. Habitat. — Ohio, Georgia, Kansas. 



Like the preceding species this is also cinereous, but the thorax is 

 scarcely jjunctured, the elytra are variegated with brownish spots, 

 the elevated lines are scarcely evident, and the tips scarcely truncate ; 



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