DESCRIPTIONS OF NKW SPEC] l.',T 



Cape San Lucas ; collected by Mr. Xantus. A very distinct 



species, not needing further description to enable it to be re- 

 cognized. 



EPICAtJTA Rbdt. 

 457. E. petlalis. Nigra minus dense cinereo-pul pite pune> 



tato, thorace capite angustiore, latitudine longiore, sat dense punctate, 

 canaliculato ; elytris confertitn subtiliua punctatia; antennia nigria 

 articulo 3io sequentihus duobus vix breviore, 2ndo brevi ; pedibua fer- 

 rugineis, artubus fuscis. Loug.*38. 



Three males collected at Cape San Lucas, Lower California, 

 by Mr. Xantus. The 3d, 4th, ami 5th joints «,t' the antennas are 

 thicker than the outer ones, which diminish gradually in width 

 as in the male of E. morio. 



45S. E. convolvuli. Atra opaca, confertissime punctata, bn 

 pubescens, capite sat dense punctato, pone oculos lsete rufo, »-t Milliliter 

 canaliculato; thorace capite angustiore, latitudine Besqai lonci'Tt-. linea 

 dorsali tenui inipressa ; elytris elongatia, thorace seaqui Latioribus; an- 

 tennis filiformibus, articulo 3io prsecedente plus duplo, Bequente autem 

 sesqui longiore. Long. '30 — '48. 



Mas capite opaco, subtiliter granulato, punctis hand profundis. 



Femina capite nitido, profunde haud dense punctato. 



Variat thorace dense cinereo-pubescente, elytris vel cinereo-pubeacentibuB, 

 vel atris sutura margine vittaque abbreviata oinereo-pubescentibus ; 

 capite nonnunquam toto nigro. 



Cantharis atrata, var. convolvuli Mels. Pr. Acad. N. Sc. Phila. III. E ">. 

 Lytta convolvuli Lec. ibid. VI, 339. 



Pennsylvania to Texas. The difference in sculpture of the 

 head might readily cause the two sexes to be regarded as different 

 species. It differs essentially from E. pennsylvanica by the head 

 being less densely punctured than the thorax, and by both being 

 more strongly punctured than the elytra. 



459. E. partialis. Nigra, cinereo-pubescens, maeulia rotnndatia 



glabris nitidis lrevibus confluentlbua adaperaa, Interstitiia an 

 punctatis, lineis irregularibus nndatia prscipue tranavereia fonnanti- 



bus; capite thoraceque obsolete caualiculatis. hong. '40— *63. 



New Mexico and Arizona; General Pope and Dr. Irwin. 

 U.S.A. This form is allied to E. maculata, bu1 differs by the 

 denuded spots being much larger ami so confluent as i" have a 

 few intervening narrow irregular lines clothed with gray hair; 

 by the naked surface being smoother and less opaque on tin- 

 elytra, and really polished on the head and thorax ; by the head 



