AMERICAN COLEOPTERA. 37 



EPICAIJTA, Redt. 



E. sanguinicollis, Lee. Proc. Acad. 1853, p. 344.— Body entirely black, 

 head and thorax red. Head shining sparsely punctured, epistoma and mouth 

 black. Antennae black, filiform. Thorax not wider than the head, slightly 

 longer than wide, sides parallel, arcuately narrowed in front, moderately eon- 

 vex, median line and ante-scutellar impression feeble, surface shining, rather 

 sparsely but coarsely punctured. Elytra nearly twice as wide as thorax, black, 

 coarsely scabrous, sparsely pubescent with black, with very narrow median 

 stripe, sutural and lateral margins sparsely cinereo-pubescent. Body beneath 

 and legs black, sparsely pubescent. Length .32 inch ; 8 mm. 



This species should be referred to section A of the revision of this 

 genus (Proc. Am. Phil. Soc. 1873, p. 95), from all the species of 

 which it differs by its color and the arrangement of the elytral pubes- 

 cence. 



One female specimen, collected in Florida, was kindly given me by 

 Mr. Edward Tatnall, of Wilmington, Del. 



E. Rileyi. n. sp. — Body black, densely clothed with recumbent ochreous 

 pubescence. Head densely and finely, behind the eyes coarsely punctured 

 •"ather densely pubescent, between the bases of the antennae a smooth polished, 

 triangular space and above the eyes and surrounding them on their posterior 

 and upper margins a sinular smooth space terminating at the inner side o( 

 each eye in a deep fossa. Thorax subquadrate, sides very feebly arcuate, 

 slightly converging anteriorly, disc feebly convex and with a vague but broad 

 fosrsa near each front angle, surface densely and finely punctured and densely 

 pubescent, the pubescence in the fossae shorter (as if shaven). Elytra one-half 

 broader than the thorax, parallel, suture at middle slightly elevated, surface 

 densely and finely punctured, very densely clothed with ochreous pubescence, 

 and on each side of the scutellum at base a narrow black space. Body beneath 

 and legs very densely clothed with a somewhat paler pubescence than above, 

 the abdominal segments at the sides with a small black spot and a similar spot 

 on the middle of segments 2, 3, 4. Length .40 inch ; 16 mm. 



The eyes of this species are smooth, not at all granulated, although 

 the lenses are distinctly visible from their transparency; otherwise the 

 eyes are similar to the species of section C. The antennas are rather 

 setaceous as in that group. The rather deep fossae at the inner sides 

 of the eyes mark this species as one of the most peculiar of the genus. 

 Superficially the species resembles a pa]e ferrttginea, and its place in 

 the series is near caviceps, forming a section by itself. 



The two specimens before me exhibit no marked sexual differences 

 and are probably both females. They were collected in Arizona and 

 presented by Mr. C. V. Riley, of St. Louis, to whom 1 take great 

 pleasure in dedicating it. 



