ME(JALODACNE. 39 



jmnctiiliitis, sine seriebns pnnctoruin, lunula l)iisuli liumevum 

 aniplectente intu.s<|uo caudata, fasciaquc arcuata pone niodiuni 

 fulvo-ocliracois; apice ipsa abdominecpic segmentis 2 ultimis rufcs- 

 centibus. L. 10 lin. 

 C. Palmas. 



Episcapliula abnormalis, sp. n. 



E. Savayll simillima, sed dimidio major, et prrcsertini antenna- 

 rum structura distinguenda ; clav^ articulis oblique positis, 

 ultimo niaximo. L. 13 lin. 



Patria? 



Episcaphula sublasvis, sp. n. 



Oblonga, convexa, nigra, glaberrima, subltx3vis; tliorace sa 

 fortiter marginato, angulis antieis, acutis, deflexis, incrassatis, bas 

 utrinque sinuato, foveolatoque, punctis paucis grossis impressis; 

 elytris lievibus fortiter marginatis, fascia obliqua basali (antiee 

 dentata, postice recta) faseiaque su])apicali transversa sinuata san- 

 guineis. L. 6^ lin. 



Waigiou (Wallace). 



The smooth elytra at once distinguish tliis species. Prosternum 

 subcompressed, closely punctate, epipleura3 smooth. 



Episcaphula eloiigata. 



Episcapha elowjata, Giier. 11. Z. 1841, IGO. 

 , Lac. Erot. 58. 



Java. 



The long antenna? and their loose clulj render this species very 

 conspicuous; Lacordaire desciibes it as glabrous, but the specimens 

 before me are certainly pubescent; the eyes are very coarsely 

 granulated, the 3rd joint of the antennae is scarcely longer than 

 the 4th. 



Megaiodacne. 



Crotch, Trans. Aiiicr. Eat. Soc. 1873, 352. Cld. Enl. Ul {tup. 

 fasciata. Fab.). 



Megalodacne fasciata. 



Ips fasciata, Fah. Gen. Lis. 213 (1777). 



Dacne , Lac. Erot. G5. 



. A[(',(jalodac)iG fasciata, Crotcli, Trans. Amer. Ent. Sac. 1873, 353. 

 United States, Mexico. 



