the Coleopterous Family Erotylidce. (39) 415 



punctvilatis, sine seriebus punctorum, lunula basali humerum 

 amplecteute intusque caudata, fasciaque arcuata pone medium 

 fulvo-oclii-aceis; apice ipsa abdomineque segmentis 2 ultimis rufes- 

 centibus. L. lOlin. 

 C. Palmas. 



Episcaphula abnormalis, sp. n. 



E. Savagil simillima, sed dimidio major, et prsesertim antenna- 

 rum structura distinguenda ; clavee articulis oblique positis, 

 ultimo maximo, L. 131in. 



Patria? 



Episcaplmla sublaevis, sp. n. 



Oblonga, convexa, nigra, glaberrima, sublaevis; tliorace sat 

 fortiter marginato, angulis anticis, acutis, deflexis, incrassatis, basi 

 utrinqvie sinuato, foveolatoque, punctis paucis grossis impressis; 

 elytris Isevibus fortiter marginatis, fascia obliqua basali (antice 

 dentata, postice recta) fasciaque subapicali transversa sinuata san- 

 guineis. L. 6^ lin. 



Waigiou (Wallace). 



The smooth elytra at once distinguish this species. Presternum 

 subcompressed, closely punctate, epipleurse smooth. 



Episcaphula elongata. 



Episcapha elongata, Gtoer. R. Z. 1841, 160. 

 , Lac. Erot. 58. 



Java. 



The long antennae and their loose club render this species very 

 conspicuous ; Lacordaire describes it as glabrous, but the specimens 

 before me are certainly pubescent ; the eyes are very coarsely 

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

 the 4th. 



Megalodacne. 



Cfotch, Trans. Amer. Ent. Sac. 1873, 352. Cist. Ent. Ul {typ. 

 fasciata, Fab.). 



Megalodacne fasciata. 



Ips fasciata, Fab. Gen. Ins. 213 (1777). 



Dacne , Lac. Erot. 65. 



Meg alodaoie fasciata, Crotch, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. 1873, 353. 

 United States, Mexico. 



