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so, and in texanus very obsoletely, the sulcation being only re- 

 presented by two elongate impressed foveae. 



E. texanus n. sp. — Form rather robust, pyriform, convex, very 

 densely clothed with pale cinereous and brown scales, indiscriminately 

 mingled on the pronotum, but slightly whiter along the middle, forming 

 indefinite fascias on the elytra, the sides and apex usually paler, a pale 

 transverse band at apical declivity most prominent ; under surface and 

 legs densely clothed with pale scales. Head moderate, slightly conical; 

 front flattened, continued without impression by the beak ; the latter 

 robust, slightly longer than the head, a little longer than wide, very 

 feebly dilated toward apex, with a small triangular glabrous area at 

 apex, broadly, feebly impressed along the middle, the impression be- 

 coming narrower and stronger toward base ; lateral sulcations very 

 short and feeble ; preocular impression strong ; interocular fovea very 

 small and deep, another larger broadly impressed fovea near the apex 

 behind the glabrous triangle ; surface finely, moderately densely 

 punctate, densely squamose, and with fine, very short, semi-erect setae. 

 Prothorax slightly wider than long ; sides very feebly convergent and 

 straight from base to apical third, thence more strongly convergent to 

 the apex ; base and apex transversely truncate, the former more than 

 one-third wider ; disk convex, rendered uneven by very large rather 

 deeply impressed widely and irregularly scattered foveee, densely 

 squamose, and with minute, sparse, semi-erect, elongate, squamiform 

 setae. Elytra broadly emarginate at base, nearly one-half longer than 

 wide, oval, widest in the middle ; sides broadly and evenly arcuate ; 

 humeri completely obsolete, very oblique ; strongly declivous behind, 

 and feebly inflexed, the inflexed portion of the suture feebly sinuate 

 near the apex when viewed laterally, one-half wider than the prothorax, 

 compressed behind, the sutural region prominent, having rows of large, 

 deeply impressed, widely distant punctures ; intervals flat, even, 

 densely squamose, and with very small, elongate, unevenly distributed 

 a,nd rather sparse scales, which are subrecumbent and not at all con- 

 spicuous. Legs densely squamose, and with fine, short setae. Length 

 8.5-10 mm. 



Texas (Austin 3). 



Varies considerably in the coloration and form of elytral 

 markings. It is very much larger thaia. fo7'midoIosus Boh. 



E, sulcatum n. sp. — Rather robust, convex, pyriform, not very 

 densely clothed with small oval, pale brownish scales, nearly uniform 

 in color, whiter and slightly denser beneath, easily removed from the 

 upper surface ; setae short, sparse, subrecumbent, robust and very 

 inconspicuous. Head moderate ; beak distinctly longer than the head, 

 one-fourth longer than wide, broadly convex, continued onto the front; 

 the latter slightly flatter ; tip of beak broadly, strongly, and angularly 



