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North American Species of Epicauta 
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(USNM), 1 Flagstaff, VIII-2-37 Maehler (Colo.). Texas: 
1 Childress VI-8-06 Mitchell (USNM). Kansas: 1 Ks. 
(MCZ NO. 26084). 
Epicauta uniforma sp. n. 
This is one of the species from the Southwest misidentified 
as “ cinerea Uniformly clothed with dull ferrugineous to 
golden pubescence, and without markings at the base of the 
elytra. First segment of male antennae slender, reaching to the 
hind margin of the eye, not covered with golden pubescence. 
Head subquadrate. Antennal calluses not denuded. Eyes mod- 
erately narrow. 
Holotype: 2, Ramah, Arizona — Aug. — Vestal (MCZ No. 
26581). 
Paratypes: Colorado: 1 Lajunta (AMNH), 1 Hoehne (Park- 
er). Texas: 7 Davis Mts. (6 Ohio, 1 Parker), 1 Odell 
(ANSP), 1 Chisos Mts. (Parker), 1 Texas (Parker). 
Arizona: 1 Baboquivari Mts. (Ohio), 1 Nogales (Ohio), 1 
Patagonia Mts. (Ohio), 4 Tombstone (2 ANSP, 2 Frost), 2 
Douglas (Parker), 2 Tucson (Parker), 1 Picacho (Parker), 
1 Tucson-Liebeck Coll. (MCZ). 
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Epicauta alpina sp. n. 
Similar to uni forma but always clothed with golden pubes- 
cence and narrower. First segment of antennae with golden 
pubescence and in the male extending one-fourth its length be- 
yond the eye, slightly excavated externally near the tip. Head 
rather narrowly triangular, especially in the male. 3 L ^ • 
Holotype: $ , Alpine, Texas Jul. 20-22, 4400-6000 ft., Wick- ' 
ham (MCZ No. 26061). 
Allotype: $ , eutopotypical (MCZ). 
Paratypes: Texas: 2 eutopo typical (1 MCZ, 1 USNM), 2 
Alpine (USNM), 3 Texas (Parker). New Mexico: 1 Dem- 
ing (Parker). 
Epicauta brunnea sp. n. 
Another Western species commonly misidentified as “ cine- 
rea .” Large, black, the elytra brown; entirely clothed with ap- 
pressed ferrugineous pubescence. Elytra darker across the 
base. First segment of the anterior tarsi of the male with the 
pad broadened, about twice as broad as on the second segment. 
