266 H. C. FALL. 



by narrower, smooth unimpressed lines. Lateral striae two, both obliterated 

 before reaching the base. Metasternum rather deeply sulcate, the anterior lobe 

 only slightly constricted by the tarsal grooves; ventral sutures arcuate at mid- 

 dle. Length 2-2.25 mm. 



Described by LeConte from Pennsylvania and Soutb Carolina 

 (Zimmerman). Specimens before me are from Tyngsboro, Massa- 

 chusetts ( Blanchard) ; Pennsylvania (Bowditch) ; Washington, D. 

 C. and Detroit, Michigan (Hubbard and Schwarz); Southern Illi- 

 nois (Sol tan). 



The peculiar elytra! punctuation is repeated in the two following 

 species, and obscurely in levisternus, all of which differ from incomp- 

 tus in being of stouter form and in having a well marked third stria 

 at the sides of the elytra. 



3. E. tristriatus Lee. — Very similar to incomptus, differing only in its 

 somewhat larger size, more robust form, and in having a well defined third inner 

 lateral stria which is abbreviated both before and behind. Length 2-2.5 mm. 



The type was described from " Bosque Co., Texas (Belfrage)." 

 I have seen specimens from Texas; Georgia (St. Catherine Island) ; 

 Florida (Key Largo) ; Maryland (Plummer's Island) ; Pennsylva- 

 nia and "New York?" (Chittenden). One example in my collec- 

 tion from Louisiana is not quite typical. 



4. E. nlkei n. sp. — Closely allied to the two preceding species, the latter of 

 which it most nearly resembles in its robust form and in possessing a third inner 

 lateral elytral stria. The size is distinctly larger than in tristriatus, being equal 

 in length to a large Dorcatoma dresdensis but much stouter. The inner stria 

 begins farther back, not attaining anteriorly the posterior margin of the meta- 

 sternum, and is formed by one of the. smooth lines becoming finely impressed. 

 The two outer striae are also much more finely impressed than in tristriatus. In 

 color the head, thorax and under side are rufous, the elytra blackish in one ex- 

 ample ; the other is entirely castaneous. 



Described from two examples from California (locality unknown) 



in the Ulke collection. 



5. E. levisternus n. sp. — Broadly oval, rufotestaceous, with sparse erect 

 pubescence, which is inclined forward on the prothorax, and in various directions 

 on the elytra, much as in Csenocara. Antennae apparently 9-jointed. Head very 

 sparsely minutely punctulate. Prothorax nearly equally finely but more closely 

 punctulate, with scattered shallow coarser punctures, which are numerous at 

 sides, but more sparsely placed at middle. Elytral punctures arranged in longi- 

 tudinal bands, though somewhat obscurely so. In incomptus, tristriatus and 

 nlkei these bands are about four punctures in width, the punctures closely placed 

 without trace of serial arrangement. In levisternus the bands are made up of 

 three fairly regular series of punctures which are mutually not much more nar- 



