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groove deeper. Pseudoepitrix has most of the charac- 
ters of Crepidodera, but differs from it in the thoracic 
sulcus not being limited laterally by a perpendicular 
groove, the thorax itself being nearly quadrate ; it closely 
resembles the Eastern genus Manobia, Jac., but may be 
at once distinguished by the closed, not open anterior 
coxal cavities. 
Eprraix, Foudr. 
Epitria subfusca, sp. n. 
Broadly ovate, very convex, dark chestnut-brown, pubescent ; 
antennz and legs fulvous ; thorax finely and remotely punctured, 
with deep ante-basal groove ; elytra with round, strong, and 
closely-placed punctures, the interstices smooth, pubescent. 
Length, } line. 
Of dark-brown colour, shining ; the head entirely impunctate, 
with the usua! oblique grooves at the sides ; clypeus broad, im- 
_ punctate ; antennz in the male long and slender, flavous or pale 
fulvous, the second joint thick and short, the third smaller than 
the fourth, the following joints gradually thickened; thorax one- 
half broader than long, the sides nearly straight, forming a dis- 
tinct oblique angle anteriorly, the surface convex, very finely and 
remotely punctured towards the apex, the punctures becoming 
larger near the base, the sulcus deep and but little sinuate, placed 
close to the basal margin, with a row of deep punctures within, 
the base itself not much produced in front of the scutellum aud 
rounded or slightly truncate ; elytra broader than the thorax and 
very convex, with a feeble depression below the base, the punc- 
tures rather strong and round, closely placed, scarcely smaller at 
the apex, the interstices impunctate and sparingly pubescent, the 
pubescence consisting of scattered, short, stiff, light-coloured 
hairs; legs fulvous ; prosternum rather strongly punctured. 
Hab. Grenada—Mount Gay Estate (Leeward side), 
Balthazar and Chantilly (Windward side), 
This small Hpitriv, of which about a dozen specimens 
are before me, may be at once known from its many 
closely allied congeners by the dark chestnut-brown 
colour of the upper surface and the non-costate elytral 
interstices. There are but few species known of the 
same coloration, most of them being black, which is also 
the case with H. fuscata (Jacq. Duv.), from Cuba. From 
the brownish species described by me from Central 
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