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tufts of very coarse and moderately dense hair beneath, in addi- 

 tion to the spinules, but the intermediate and posterior are cer- 

 tainly sparsely spinulose beneath and without finer pubescence 

 of any kind. There are two species before me, which may be 

 described as follows : — 



Form moderately stout, elongate-oval, convex, glabrous, deep black 

 throughout the body, legs and antennas, the surface polished and 

 with a deep greenish-metallic lustre; head small, much less than 

 half as wide as the prothorax, rather coarsely, deeply and mod- 

 erately closely punctate, more finely and densely toward apex 

 and more finely but not densely toward base ; prothorax about 

 two-fifths wider than long, the apex barely three-fifths as wide as 

 the base, with the angles obtuse and slightly blunt, the sides 

 strongly arcuate, converging and less arcuate anteriorly, less con- 

 verging basally, becoming very feebly sinuate just before the basal 

 angles, which are right, somewhat prominent and not at all blunt ; 

 disk widest slightly behind the middle, evenly convex, coarsely, 

 deeply and equally punctate throughout, densely toward the sides 

 but a little more loosely medially, without evident impunctate 

 line; scutellum rounded at apex; elytra gradually narrowed and 

 acute behind, the sides evenly arcuate to the humeri, there becom- 

 ing a little more strongly rounded to the thoracic base, the surface 

 with unimpressed and even series of rather coarse and somewhat 

 close-set punctures, becoining still coarser laterally, the intervals 

 with smaller but deep and conspicuous punctures, confused or in 

 irregular single series on alternating intervals; abdomen shining, 

 strongly, somewhat sparsely punctured, coarsely toward the sides ; 

 basal joint of the hind tarsi much longer than the fourth. Length 

 9.5 mm.; width 3.8 mm. (9). Texas. \=:. Epitragodes 

 jiilichi Csy .] jiilichi Csy . 



Form narrower, convex, elongate-oval, black throughout, somewhat 

 shining, with strong dark bronze lustre above, brighter and more 

 brassy beneath, glabrous ; head a little more than half as wide 

 as the prothorax, moderately coarsely, deeply, densely punctured 

 throughout ; prothorax two-fifths wider than long, widest at basal 

 two-fifths, the apex two-thirds as wide as the base, very feebly 

 sinuate, with the angles right and not blunt, the sides rather 

 strongly arcuate posteriorly, converging and straight anteriorly, 

 less converging to the basal angles, which are as \\\ jiilichi^ the 

 surface very evenly and only moderately convex and coarsely, 

 deeply and equally punctured throughout, densely laterally and 

 only a little less densely medially, with an occasional minute 

 puncture intermingled as on the head ; scutellum feebly angulate 

 at apex; elytra three times as long as the prothorax, and, at the 

 middle, about a third wider, very gradually and arcuately nar- 

 rowed posteriorly to the acute apex, the individual apices very 

 minutely, obliquely truncate, the sides evenly, moderately arcuate, 



