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(lark fuscous colour in the middle, Avith a very bi-oad and 

 deep impression, occupying the -whole of the middle por- 

 tion of the thorax. Elytra but little longer than the 

 thorax, of the same colour, and -with similar punctua- 

 tion. Hind body shaped much as in //. phnia, segments 

 2 — i rather closely and finely punctured, 5th s])aringly 

 punctured, 6th nearly impunctate. Legs yellowish. 



St. Paulo (Amazons) ; one specimen. I think it is a 

 male; if so, it has no well marked peculiarity as such, un- 

 less tlie very large impression of the thorax be characteris- 

 tic of this sex, as is quite prol)al)le. 



Ohs. — Though much smaller than the European Epi- 

 pedn plana, this species appears to be structurally closely 

 allied thereto ; the middle coxje are however slightly more 

 widely separated, so that the meso- and meta-sternal pro- 

 cesses are rather less slender and acuminate in E. cava. 



2. Epipeda rufa, n. sp. Angustula, depressa, dense 

 punctata, rufescens, antennis extrorsum, abdomine pec- 

 torcque infuscatis, elytris pedlbuscpie testaceis ; prothorace 

 subquadrato, angulis posterioribus obtuse rectis. Long. 

 Corp. 1^ lin. 



AntennfB moderately long, not stout, scarcely at all 

 thickened towards the extremity, the two or three basal 

 joints reddish, the rest darker ; 2nd joint about as stout as 

 the 1st; 3rd shorter than 2nd; 4th smaller than the 

 others ; 5 — 10 differing but little from one another; 11th 

 moderately long. Head rather narrow, a good deal nar- 

 rower than the thorax, distinctly narrowed behind the 

 eyes, infuscate reddish, not at all shining, closely and finely 

 punctured. Thorax slightly narrower than the elytra, 

 almost as long as broad, somewhat straight at the sides, 

 being only a little narrowed behind, and but little rounded 

 near the front angles, the hind angles not at all rounded but 

 distinctly obtuse ; dull reddish in colom*, finely and closely 

 pmictured, quite dull, longitudinally depressed along the 

 middle. Elytra rather elongate, a good deal longer than 

 the thorax, yellow, closely and finely punctured. Hind 

 body parallel, all the segments closely, finely and evenly 

 punctured, infuscate reddish, with the extremity paler. 

 Legs, including the coxa^, clear yellow ; metastemum in- 

 fuscate at the sides, reddish in the middle. 



Ega ; two individuals in which I see no sexual cha- 

 racters. 



Obs. — In this species tlie middle coxge are quite sepa- 



