1943] 
North American Species of Epicauta 
69 
Anterior tibiae of male with two spurs and male anterior tarsi 
not modified. 
Holotype: $ , “Cal.” with an ink spot on the lower part of the 
“a,” Liebeck Coll. (MCZ No. 26079). 
Paratype: 1 $ , “Cal.” Fall Coll. (MCZ). 
Epicauta occidentalis sp. n. 
Identical with lemniscata but has the intermediate segments 
of the antennae broadened and somewhat flattened and has the 
outer edge of the anterior tibiae and tarsi denuded, smooth and 
shiny. No intergrades have been seen. 
Holotype: Cambridge, Nebraska VII-VIII-21 Morse 
(MCZ No. 26069). 
Allotype: 9, eutopotypical (MCZ). 
Paratypes: Nebraska: 6 eutopotypical (MCZ). Kansas: 1 
Abilene (MCZ), 2 Ks. -Liebeck Coll. (MCZ). Colorado: 
5 Rocky Ford (Colo.), 3 Joes (Colo.), 1 Ft. Collins (Colo.). 
Texas: 3 Dallas-Boll (MCZ), 2 Tex. (MCZ). Louisiana: 
1 Baton Rouge (USN M). 3 La. (MCZ). 
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Epicauta fortis sp. n. 
Resembles sericans greatly in general shape and habitus but 
is consistently smaller than that species, has the antennae 
shorter and has the outer spur of the hind tibiae broad and flat- 
tened. Some specimens of ferruginea resemble it but they are 
narrower and have the pubescence coarser. 
Holotype: $ , Phoenix, Arizona, Liebeck Coll. (MCZ No. 
26066). 
Allotype: 9, eutopotypical (MCZ) . CLu-dl 
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Paratypes: Arizona: 17 topotypical (MCZ), 5 Tucson (MCZ), 
1 Picacho (Colo.), 52 
1 Las Cruces (USNM) 
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Epicauta barberi sp. n. 
Black, fairly densely clothed with semi-erect black pubes- 
cence. Head and pronotum shiny. The head is much more 
densely and finely punctured than in puncticollis or o blit a. The 
outer division of the tarsal claws is curved from the base and 
the inner division is not more than three-fourths as long as the 
outer. In puncticollis and oblita, the outer division is curved 
near the tip and the inner division is almost as long as the outer. 
