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though rather closely so very near the sides ; scutellum rounded, 

 fully as long as wide, pubescent ; elytra gradually narrowed to 

 the narrowly truncate tip in apical two-fifths, the sides feebly 

 arcuate, more strongly rounded at the humeri to the thoracic 

 angles, at the middle about a fourth wider than the prothorax ; 

 surface without impressed lines, except one along the suture 

 toward tip, minutely punctate, the punctures arranged in a few 

 alternating broad stripes, in which they are very sparse and rather 

 closely aggregated, less evident laterally, where the punctures be- 

 come slightly larger and closer and with the surface minutely 

 rugulose, the side margin finely serrate ; abdomen with long white 

 pubescence not concealing the surface, minutely, not closely punc- 

 tate medially. Length 12.0 mm. ; width c;.o mm. Arizona. 

 [= Epitragus vestitus Csy.] vestitum Csy. 



16 — Body rather narrowly elongate-fusoid, moderately convex, ''gla- 

 brous, polished, black, the elytra somewhat piceous, strongly 

 aeneous in lustre, with scarcely metallic lustre beneath, the legs 

 dark piceous ; head rather coarsely and strongly, somewhat 

 sparsely punctured, the lateral lobes of the front rounded but 

 almost as anteriorly prominent as the epistomal lobe ; eyes much 

 more coarsely faceted than in any of the preceding species, the 

 supra-orbital carinas fine ; prothorax nearly one-half wider than 

 long, the apex broadly sinuate, two-thirds as wide as the base, 

 the angles but slightly acute and not very much advanced though 

 not at all blunt, the sides almost evenly^but rather feebly arcuate, 

 very slightly sinuate just before the basal angles, which are some- 

 what acute and prominent, the punctures fine and sparse, becom- 

 ing slightly coarse but still widely separated laterally, without 

 impunctate line except feebly at base ; scutellum ogival, as long 

 as wide ; elytra very gradually acutely pointed and gradually 

 declivous in apical two-fifths, the sides feebly arcuate, abruptly 

 rounded at base to the thoracic angles, a third wider than the 

 prothorax, the punctures minute, very sparse and confused through- 

 out the width, with nine even, entire and unimpressed series of 

 moderately coarse, deep, rather well separated punctures, not at 

 all confused or larger toward the sides ; abdomen smooth, finely 

 and sparsely but strongly punctured medially. Length 1 1 .c; mm. ; 

 width 4.38 mm. Panama (Nata) * godmani Champ, 



The genus Lobometopo7i proper includes, besides the Ameri- 

 can species above described, most of the Mexican and Central 

 American sexually similar forms with lobed epistoma, recently 

 made known by Mr. Champion in the " Biologia." Jipitra- 

 goma and Epitragofsis are treated as subgenera in the table, 

 though I have but little doubt that they will ultimately be 

 regarded as true genera. The latter is, like Efitragus, a 

 purely South American group, only penetrating Central Amer- 



