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Psyche 
[June 
Antennae as in fig. 1. Body brown, elytra lnteons, 
with uniform pale pubescence. Mexico: Jalisco 
(Guadalajara), Nayarit (Tepic, fide Duges), Morelos 
(Cuernavaca) E. humeralis (Duges), 1889 
First segment of anterior tarsi shorter and broader 
than second, partly denuded and shiny. Brown, with 
the margins of the elytra paler and with a fringe of 
denser pubescence. Antennae as in fig. 3. Guiana 
fide Erichson, Venezuela (Las Trincheras), Colom- 
bia (Amaya-Cispata Bay), Panama (Ft. Clayton, 
C.Z.) \=Lytta intermedia Haag, 1880] 
E. flagellaria (Erichson), 1848 
6. Second antennal segment distinctly longer than the 
following three. Fig. 4 and fig. 5. Black or dark 
brown, the elytra luteous. First segment of the 
anterior tarsi subequal to second, slightly expanded, 
shiny. Mexico : Sinaloa (Mazatlan, Venodio), Naya- 
rit (Tepic), Jalisco (Guadalajara), Michoacan 
(Apatzingan), Hidalgo (Pachuca), D.F. (Mexico 
City), Morelos (Cuernavaca), Guerrero (Acapulco), 
Vera Cruz (Cordoba). [= Macro basis flavens Duges, 
= Macrobasis diver sic o mis , Champion, in part.] 
E. diver sicornis (Haag), 1880 
Second antennal segment at most slightly more than 
equal to the following two. Fig. 6 to fig. 8 7 
7. Second antennal segment slightly longer than the fol- 
lowing two. First segment thickened, oval in cross- 
section. See fig. 6. Dark brown to black, with the 
margins of the elytra fringed with pale pubescence. 
Averaging smaller than diversicornis and the other 
species in the group in its region. Mexico : Durango 
(Canelas, fide Duges), Jalisco (Colima Vulcano), 
Nayarit (Tepic). E. beckeri (Duges), 1889 
Second segment of antennae slightly longer than the 
following two. First segment flattened. See fig. 7. 
Dark brown, with uniform pale to dark pubescence. 
As small as beckeri , usually less than 12 mm. Gua- 
temala (Guatemala City), Mexico (Chiapas), Sal- 
vador (Sta. Ana). E. candezi (Haag), 1880 
Second segment of antennae only slightly longer 
