172 Mr. G. Lewis on 



head, fifth elytral stria, prosternal and mesosternal striae are 

 very different. 



Hab. San tare m (H. H. Smith). 



Epierus Wickhami, sp. n. 



E. italico siinillimus, sed pronoto stria marginali haud interrupta ; 

 elytris, striis impunctatis ; prosterno striis laterali basi connexis. 

 L. 2£ mUl. 



This species is extremely like E. italicus, Payk. ; the points 

 of difference are : — the outline is a little more circular, the 

 thoracic punctuation a little finer and closer, the lateral 

 thoracic stria less strong and not interrupted at the anterior 

 angle, the elytral striae are more clearly impressed and with- 

 out punctures, and, above all, the prosternal striae meet at 

 the base, inclosing a truncate space at the posterior end of the 

 keel, and the meso- and metasterna are more evenly and more 

 closely punctured. 



It is the only American species of Epierus known in which 

 all the elytral striae are complete and in which the fifth and 

 sutural are joined at the base. 



Hab. Indiana ( Wickham). 



Carcinops tenuistriata, sp. n. 



Ovalis, convexicula, nigra, nitida ; fronte punctulata ; pronoto stria 

 marginali Integra, versus latera distincte punctato ; elytris, striis 

 punctulatis, 1-4 integris, 5-6 antice abbreviates, leviter impressis. 



L. 2 mill. 



Oval, somewhat convex, black and shining; the head 

 punctulate, lateral stria terminating behind the mandibles; 

 the thorax, marginal stria complete, disk finely punctulate, 

 towards and at the sides the points are closer and larger, 

 along the basal edge is a row of irregular punctures, the 

 scutellar spot is rather larger than the punctures near it ; the 

 elytra, striae, inner humeral best marked at the base, and after 

 an interval continues as a very fine stria almost to the apex, 

 outer humeral is median and very fine, only visible in certain 

 lights, dorsal 1-4 complete, 1-3 best marked at their bases, 

 5 and sutural apical and shortened by one third, and like the 

 fourth lightly impressed, the surface is punctulate, points 

 scattered, at the base of each elytron is a linear puncture, 

 which is apparently an appendage to the fifth stria; the pro- 

 pygidium is distinctly punctured ; the pygidium has finer 

 and less distinct points ; the prosternum bistriate ; the meso- 

 sternum widely sinuous anteriorly, stria complete. 



