454 Goleopterological Notices, VI. 



In Botrodiis the fifth and sixth joints of the antennj\3 are ap- 

 parently slightly dilated. The t^-pe and only species of Mycho- 

 cerns known to me is 31. (lepressus Lee, which occurs rarely in 

 the District of Columbia and in Ohio. B<AroduH estriatus Cs}'. 

 occurs in Texas. The species recently described from Mexico 

 by Mr. Lewis I have not seen. 



MURMIDIINI. 



The small and possibly cosmopolitan species known under the 

 name Murmidius oralis Beck., ditters profoundly from the two 

 preceding genera in a number of structural features, and demands 

 a distinct tribe. The prosternum has two strongly elevated par- 

 allel lines not attaining the apex, the anterior lobe being very 

 large, rounded, evenl}^ continuous with the sides of the prothorax 

 and completely concealing all the mouth parts and labrum in re- 

 pose ; intercoxal process short and broad, extending under the 

 broad and advanced mesosternal process. Antennal cavities small, 

 deep, apical, superior and completelj' visible only from above. 

 Epistoma verj- large, the suture fine. Legs stronglj- i-etractile, 

 the epipleume with a deep crural excavation at base and another 

 near the middle. Met-episterna extremely narrow but not con- 

 cealed by the epipleurae, the suture verj- fine and feeble. El3tra 

 seriately punctate. 



I am unable to observe tlie labrum, trophi or antennae in the 

 three specimens in m^' cabinet. 



EUPSILOBIINI. 



The general characters of this tribe are included in the follow- 

 ing description of the onl}^ genus thus far discovered : — 



El PSII.OBII S 11. gen. 

 Body almost evenly elliptical and strongly' convex, the elytra 

 devoid of punctured series, the scutellum small but distinct, 

 transverse and broadly rounded behind ; edges of the pronotum 

 acute and subvertical, with the marginal bead extremely fine and 

 flat, the hypomera beneath broadly concave. Maxillary palpi 

 with the fourth joint long, c^dindrical, obtusely pointed, as wide 

 as the third and longer than the three basal joints combined ; 

 labial palpi shorter but much stouter, the second joint transverse, 

 the third broad, oval and compressed. Ligula large, broad, cor- 



