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tufts of very coarse and moderately dense hair beneath, in addi- 

 tion to the spinules, but the intermediate and posterior are cer- 

 tainly sparsely spinulose beneath and without finer pubescence 

 of any kind. There are two species before me, which may be 

 described as follows : — 



Form moderately stout, elongate-oval, convex, glabrous, deep black 

 throughout the body, legs and antennic, the surface polished and 

 with a deep greenish-metallic lustre; head small, much less than 

 half as wide as the prothorax, rather coarsely, deeply and mod- 

 erately closely punctate, more finely and densely toward apex 

 and more finely but not densely toward base ; prothorax about 

 two-fifths wider than long, the apex barely three-fifths as wide as 

 the base, with the angles obtuse and slightly blunt, the sides 

 strongly arcuate, converging and less arcuate anteriorly, less con- 

 verging basally, becoming very feebly sinuate just before the basal 

 angles, which are right, somewhat prominent and not at all blunt ; 

 disk widest slightly behind the middle, evenly convex, coarsely, 

 deeply and equally punctate throughout, densely toward the sides 

 but a little more loosely medially, without evident impunctate 

 line; scutellum rounded at apex ; elytra gradually narrowed and 

 acute behind, the sides evenly arcuate to the humeri, there becom- 

 ing a little more strongly rounded to the thoracic base, the surface 

 with unimpressed and even series of rather coarse and somewhat 

 close-set punctures, becoming still coarser laterally, the intervals 

 with smaller but deep and conspicuous punctures, confused or in 

 irregular single series on alternating intervals; abdomen shining, 

 strongly, somewhat sparsely punctured, coarsely toward the sides ; 

 basal joint of the hind tarsi much longer than the fourth. Length 

 9.5 mm.; width 3.8 mm. (9)- Texas. \j==t Epitragodes 

 jiilichi Csy .] jiilichi Csy . 



Form narrower, convex, elongate-oval, black throughout, somewhat 

 shining, with strong dark bronze lustre above, brighter and more 

 brassy beneath, glabrous ; head a little more than half as wide 

 as the prothorax, moderately coarsely, deeply, densely punctured 

 throughout; prothorax two-fifths wider than long, widest at basal 

 two-fifths, the apex two-thirds as wide as the base, very feebly 

 sinuate, with the angles right and not blunt,^ the sides rather 

 strongly arcuate posteriorly, converging and straight anteriorly, 

 less converging to the basal angles, which are as in julic/u\ the 

 surface very evenly and only moderately convex and coarsely, 

 deeply and equally punctured throughout, densely laterally and 

 only a little less densely medially, with an occasional minute 

 puncture intermingled as on the head ; scutellum feebly angulate 

 at apex; elytra three times as long as the prothorax, and, at the 

 middle, about a third wider, very gradually and arcuately nar- 

 rowed posteriorly to the acute apex, the individual apices very 

 minutely, obliquely truncate, the sides evenly, moderately arcuate, 



