70 Psyche [Sept.-Dee. 
Holotype: &, La Panza, California May 17-18 CCWilson 
Jt (USNM). 
Para typ e : 1 S San Luis Obispo, California — May 16-35 CC 
55#? Wilson (USNM). 
Named for Mr. H. S. Barber of the U. S. National Museum. 
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Epicauta kansana sp. n. 
Black, with scattered semi-erect but rather short pubescence, 
resembling puncticollis and oblita. Head and pronotum shiny, 
the head more densely punctured than the pronotum. Tarsi 
unusually slender. Inner division of tarsal claws as long as the 
outer but very slender. The outer curves near the tip. Fourth 
segment of the antennae longer than the fifth. 
Holotype : £, Sedgwick, Kansas, June 4, 1910 J. C. Warren 
(USNM). 
Paratypes: 2 eutopotypical (USNM), 2 topotypical, April 7, 
1910 Warren (USNM). 
Epicauta calcarata sp. n. 
Similar to sericans in general shape but has longer pubescence, 
especially on the pronotum. The labrum is deeply excised. The 
pronotum is noticeably globose. Tibial spurs very stout, espe- 
cially on the anterior legs, curved. Mandibles long, the tips 
crossed. 
Holotype: 9 , Roswell, New Mexico, Aug., 1902 (MCZ No. 
26065). 
Allotype: $ , between Wild Horse and Plateau, Culbertson Co., 
Texas 2852 ft. Aug. 31, 1937, Rehn, Pate, Rehn (ANSP). 
Paratypes: 1 Carlsbad, New Mexico — R&H — Aug. 25, 1921 
(ANSP), 1 Dim Lake — Pecos Val. — New Mexico Aug. 21, 
1902 (MCZ), 1 Ft. Stockton, Texas 2500 ft. Sept. 1, 1937 
RPR (ANSP). 
Epicauta aspera sp. n. 
Misidentified as “ cinerea ” in most collections. Second to 
fourth abdominal sternites, sometimes fifth, with a black median 
spot and with a spot anteriorly on each side near the edge. Male 
middle and posterior femora denuded behind and with marginal 
long hair. Actually belongs to the caviceps group but does not 
have the head modified. Uniform above but for a humeral and 
