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Prothorax obtrapezoidal, wider at apex than at base, not perceptibly 

 constricted at apex laticep^ 



Prothorax widest just before the middle, strongly constricted just 

 behind the apical margin constricta 



E. laticeps n. sp. — Form rather elongate, convex, covered with a 

 whitish or ferruginous- white waterproof indument. Head and beak 

 about as long as wide; surface finely rugulose, with a few widely scat- 

 tered, minute, erect squamiform setae, especially near the apex; front 

 feebly convex, not at all impressed at the base of the beak; the latter 

 very short, broad, rapidly narrowed toward apex; surface nearly flat, 

 with an elongate median puncture; antennae shining, rufous, slender, 

 sparsely setose, unevenly and partially covered, except the club, with a 

 white scaly indument; outer joints of funicle longer than wide. Pro- 

 thorax widest at apex, where it is scarcely as wide as the head across 

 eyes, gradually narrowed toward base; sides very feebly arcuate; base 

 and apex truncate; disk one-third wider than long, rather coarsely but 

 not deeply rugulose, with a few widely scattered, minute, erect scales. 

 Elytra elongate-oval; sides nearly straight and parallel, very declivous 

 behind, but not quite perpendicular, together acute at apex; humeri 

 broadly rounded; base transversely truncate ; disk convex, one-half 

 wider than the prothorax, nearly one-half longer than wide, not striate, 

 shining, and very minutely and feebly rugulose beneath the crust, and 

 having widely distant rows of very minute, shallow, widely distant 

 punctures, and a few small erect scales, especially toward tip, and on 

 the humeri. Lega and abdomen with minute, sparse, setiform scales. 

 Length 3.8-4.7 mm. 



Texas (El Paso). 



This species was taken in abundance by Mr. Gr. W. Dunn in 

 the locality indicated. The specimens exhibit but slight varia- 

 tion. 



E. cons trie ta n. sp. — Form rather elongate, densely covered with 

 a whitish waterproof indument. Head and beak much longer than 

 wide; surface finely, densely, and feebly ruguloso-punctate, with very 

 minute erect setae; front convex, especially near the base of the beak, 

 the convexity extending onto the latter, which is slightly narrower than 

 the head, as long as wide and very feebly narrowed toward apex; alae 

 very small, feebly dilated; apex truncate, broadly, feebly trisinuate ; 

 surface broadly, triangularly impressed at tip; antennae well developed; 

 scrobes nearly as in laticeps; scape slender, clavate, extending to the 

 posterior margin of the eye; funicle equal in length to the scape, outer 

 joints not appreciably enlarged, first nearly twice as long as and more 

 robust than the second, joints two to six decreasing uniformly and 

 very gradually in length, seventh scarcely as wide as long; club ovoidal, 

 pointed, as long as the first and second joints of the funicle combined. 



