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10. E. illterriiptus Lee. — Bost. Joum. VI. p. lOJ. — Form ratlier 

 robust. Pubescence coarse, rather long, abundant, pale Havo-ciuereous. 

 Color throughout ferruginous ; legs very slightly paler. Head rather large, 

 as wide as long ; eyes moderate, prominent ; gejiae not prominent, as long 

 as the eyes ; iuterocular surface roughly punctate at the sides, polished and 

 impunctate in the middle, having two very small widely separated spongy- 

 pubescent foveae at one-third the length from the base, connected by an 

 anteriorly curvate parabolic deeply impressed groove, longer than wide ; 

 intermediate surface very strongly convex ; supra-antennal tuberculations 

 very sti-ong, angulate externally, connected by an almost transverse acute 

 and prominent carina ; antennae nearly as long as the head and prothorax 

 together, robust, club relatively slender, basal joint much more robust and 

 elongated than the second, joints three to eight moniliform, equal in width, 

 the latter shorter than the seventh and distinctly transverse, ninth longer 

 than the eighth, not twice as wide as long, trapezoidal, tenth longer and 

 wider than the ninth, two-thirds wider than long, trapezoidal, eleventh 

 slightly wider than the tenth, slightly wider than long, abruptly and acutely 

 produced in Ihe middle at apex ; last joint of maxillary palpi very robust, 

 conoidal. Prothorax widest at the middle wliere it is much wider than long 

 and very slightly wider than the head ; sides very strongly arcuate ante- 

 riorly and slightly sinuate posteriorly ; base nearly twice as wide as the 

 apex ; disk strongly convex, polished, sparsely and very minutely punctu- ■ 

 late ; medial puncture very small, at the centre, elongated, posterior imjires- 

 sion very wide, transverse, cusped, groove at one-fourth the length from 

 the base, lateral foveae small, very deep, spongy-pubescent. Elytra at base 

 slightly M'ider than the pronotum ; sides very feebly divergent, rather 

 strongly arcuate ; disk quadrate, moderately convex, polished, very minutely 

 punctulate ; sutural striae well marked, lateral also distinct through the 

 basal half; humeri prominent. Abdominal segments very slightly narrower 

 than the elytra ; sides parallel and straight border very wide and flat ; sur- 

 face feebly convex, polished, very minutely punctulate ; first three segments 

 equal ; first two dorsals with two strongly divergent well-marked carinae, 

 nearly two-thirds as long as the segment. Legs rather slender ; femora very 

 moderately robust. Length 1.4—1.6 mm. 



Washington, District of Columbia, 2; Lee County, Virginia, 1; 

 Georgia, 2 ; Jackson, Mississippi, 1. 



A very well-marked species. Tlie description is taken from a 

 male, LeConte's type ; the sexual characters are somewhat notice- 

 able. The apical edge of the third ventral segment has two lateral 

 callosities, from each of which proceeds posteriorly a short obtuse 

 tooth ; the anterior margin of the fourth is emarginate in the middle ; 

 the last segment is obtusely produced in the middle, and has a 

 narrow medial carina ; its surface is very convex and is strongly 

 punctate. In the female the sixth segment is much broader, and is 

 more strongly and abruptly produced in the middle. 



