258 AMERICAN COLEOPTERA. 



Prothorax obviously wider tl)au the head, a little wider than long, sides parallel 

 in basal two-thirds, rounded and strongly convergent apically ; surface closely 

 rather strongly punctate, median line faintly briefly impressed posteriorly. 

 Elytra densely punctate, the punctures, however, not so closely crowded as in 

 martini. Spurs of hind tiliise subequal, moderately stout ; subacute. Length 9 mm. 



The unique type is a male from California, precise locality un- 

 known. It resembles martini more closely than any previously 

 described form, hut is easily distinguished by the more elongate 

 head, larger eyes, more slender antenna), color and several other 

 differences evident when the descriptions are compared. Both spe- 

 cies would by their large eyes, which extend beneath the head, be 

 associated with longicornis and vittipennis. 



Epicaiitil iiigrala n. sp. — Black, moderately densely cinereo-pubescent; 

 outer joints of antennae gradually rufescent, tibiae and tarsi reddish-brown. 

 ■Anteunge slightly more than half as long as the body, slender, gradually and 

 very slightly attenuate, 2ud joint scarcely more than half the length of the 3rd, 

 3-11 subequal, filiform, each about four or five times as long as wide. Head and 

 prothorax finely alutaceous but somewhat shining, moderately finely not densely 

 punctate, the latter slightly longer than wide, parallel, narrowed in front, median 

 line impressed as usual. Elytra finely scabrous and dull, finely punctate, the 

 pubescence condensed in a narrow sutural line and along the outer margin. 

 Front tibiae of male with a single spur ; basal joint of front tarsi concave beneath. 

 In the female there are as usual two tibial spurs, and the front tarsi are unmodi- 

 fied. Length 7-10 mm. 



Taken at Cloudcroft and Wootens by Mr. Knaus. 



With the typical form ] have placed a series collected at Pecos 

 by Prof. Gockerell, and others from Williams, Arizona, taken by 

 myself, these differing only in the tibiae and tarsi being scarcely at 

 all rufescent, and the sutural line of denser pubescence very faintly 

 indicated. 



This species is evidently a near ally of j)edalis from Lower Cali- 

 fornia, which is said to be sparsely pubescent, with rufous legs, the 

 knees, front tibise and tarsi darker. 



Epicauta ruidosana n. sp. — Black, rather sparsely clothed above with 

 short black pubescence, which is intermixed with white on the head; entire 

 basal margin of the prothorax with a compact fringe of short erect white hair; a 

 thin median vitta of the same color; elytra with a narrow dense sutural and 

 marginal line of white hair except at base; pubescence of under surface white, 

 that of the legs mixed, the hairs of the femora mainly white, and of the tibiae 

 and tarsi largely black. Antennae slightly longer than half the body, slender, 

 filiform, not distinctly attenuate or compressed ; second joint about one-third the 

 length of the third, the latter one-half longer than the fourth ; following joints 

 scarcely visibly decreasing in length, and each about three times as long as wide. 



