54 TEUTIAUY JtllYNOilurilOUOlJS C()LEC)1'TE1!A. 



as IdUi;- as tlic scnpc, tlic tlirce joints .siibequal and indicated only l)y the 

 .suture. Thorax truncate at both extremities, witliout ocular lobes or fiinbriji?. 

 Elytra ai)])arently wider than the thorax (none of the specimens are pre- 

 served with a dorsal view), with rounded humeri. Second segment of tlic 

 abdomen equal in length to the two following together, separated from the 

 first l)y a straight suture. Apparently none of the tibia' are mucronate at 

 tij); tai'si rather slender. 



This oenus seems to belono- to the Evotini. The mesosternal side 

 pieces are diagonally divided and subequal, and the metathoracic episternum 

 is moderateh- broad; there are clearly no ocular lobes noi- fimbi-i;v on the 

 jirothoracic margin behind the eyes; the tenth stria of the elytra is free, and 

 tiie head is not prolonged behind the eyes. It difters, however, from anv 

 of the genera known to me, autopically or by description, in tlie length and 

 slenderness of the antennse. It seems to l)elong nearest to Lachnopus, 

 which is re})resented in oin- living fauna by a single species in Florida, but 

 by manv (ttliers in the West India islands. 



Two fossil species are known, lioth from Florissant. 



Tahh' of the iij)ecics of Evopes. 



Eostrutii stouter tliau the fore femora; grauulatioii (or jtuuctiiatioii) of tbe protliorax 

 subdued vriirn(ti(s. 



Rostrum no l)roa(lt'r than the fore femora; tijranuhitiou of the prothorax distinct and 

 sharp occuhuius. 



EVOPKS VENERATUS. 



PI. I, Figs. 15, 21. 



Form oblong, rather compact. Head, apparently including rostrum, 

 and pr(tthorax very finely beaded (or punctured), the former more linely 

 than the latter, both very uuitbrmly and not very sharply. Head and ros- 

 trum sliglith' longer than the thorax, the latter much stouter than the fore 

 femora ; prothorax higher than long, gently arched above, scarcely broader 

 at l)ase than at apex, ti-uncate at each extremity. Elytra rather elongate, 

 the lateral margin very gently sinuate at the base, with rows of ratlier 

 sharp, ratlier deeply punctured stria* (showing on reverses as sharp beaded 

 ridges), the punctures slightly longitudinal and in each row removed from 



