1949] 
W erner — Epicauta 
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somewhat incurved. Posterior tibial spurs slender, the 
outer sticklike, the inner spiniform. 
Holotype: Luna Co., New Mexico , 4000 ft. July 25, 
1939, Rehn and Rehn (Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila.) 
Allotype: $ Douglas, Arizona, July 23, 1929 W. W. 
Jones (Parker) 
Paratypes : Dragoon Mts., Arizona IX-1CM:7 D. J. 
& J. N. Knull (Ohio State) ; 1J 1 Sierra Blanca, El Paso Co., 
Texas, Sep. 13-14, 1912 (USNM). 
This species runs to callosa LeConte in my key but is 
distinguished by the long, shaggy pubescence of the pro- 
thorax and back of the head and heavy anterior tibial 
spurs. It goes to group BB in the table but does not seem 
to be very closely related to any known species. 
Length : 7 to 9 mm. Black, sparsely clothed with pale 
cinereous pubescence. Elytra with inconspicuous scutel- 
lar and humeral black spot. A member of the caviceps 
Fig. 2. A. Head of Epicauta afoveata sp. n. B. Head of Epicauta im- 
pressifrons V.D. 
group, apparently most closely related to impressifrons 
Van Dyke, which it resembles in general appearances, 
differing mainly in the lack of occipital callosities, lack of 
a pit at the inner border of the eyes and by certain second- 
j ary sexual characters in the male. (Pig. 2.) 
Epicauta afoveata sp. n. 
A 
B 
