the Coleopterous Family Erotylidce. (39) 415 



punctulatis, sine seriebus punctorum, lunula basali humenim 

 amplecteute intusque caudata, fasciaque arcuata pone medium 

 fulvo-ochraceis; apice ipsa abdomineque segmentis 2 ultimis rufes- 

 centibus. L. lOlin. 

 C. Palmas. 



Episcaphnla abnormalis, sp. n. 



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

 rum structura distinguenda ; clavse articulis oblique positis, 

 ultimo maximo, L. 131in. 



Patria? 



Episcaphiila sublsevis, sp. n. 



Oblonga, convexa, nigra, glaberrima, sublsevis; tborace sat 

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

 utrinque sinuato, foveolatoqiie, punctis paucis grossis impi-essisj 

 elytris Isevibus fortiter marginatis, fascia obliqua basali (antice 

 dentata, postice recta) fasciaque subapicali transversa sinuata san- 

 guineis. L. 6^1in. 



Waigiou (Wallace). 



The smooth elytra at once distinguish this species. Prosternum 

 subcompressed, closely punctate, epipleurje smooth. 



Episcaphula elongata. 



Upiscapha elongata, Guer. R. Z. 1841, 160. 

 , Lac. Erot. 58. 



Java. 



The long antennae and their loose club render this species very 

 conspicuous ; Lacordaire descxibes it as glabrous, but the specimens 

 before me are certainly pubescent; the eyes are very coarsely 

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

 the 4th. 



Megalodacne. 



Crotch, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. 1873, 352. Cist. Ent. 141 {typ. 

 fasciata. Fab.). 



Megalodacne fasciata. 



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



Dacne , Lac. Erot. Q5. 



Mecjalodaoie fasciata, Crotch, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. 1873, 353. 

 United States, Mexico. 



