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half as wide as high as seen from side. Clypeus with a broad trans- 
verse basal impression, and with sculpture like head ; labrum smooth- 
er, feebly emarginate. 
$ antennae (fig. 2) 2/5 as long as body from vertex to tip of 
elytra, almost the same as in the $ , becoming gradually stouter 
apically. Segment I moderately stout, reaching l/3 across eye, 
with the apex oblique; II short, 3/8 as long as I; III 9/ 10 as long 
as I; IV to X subequal to III in length, becoming moniliform: XI 
2/ 5 longer than I, sharply pointed. The antennae of the $ are 
essentially like those of the $ . 
Pronotum l/7 broader than long, about as wide as head, flattened 
and roughened on the disc, widest at apical third. Sculpture similar 
I 
Figs. 1-5. Fig. 1. Lytta mirifica sp. n., £ , right antenna. Fig. 2 Lytta 
navajo sp. n., 3 , right antenna. Fig. 3. Lytta mirifica, $ , genitalia, from 
right side. Fig. 4. Lytta navajo, $ , genitalia, from right side. Fig. 5. 
Epicauta cicatrix sp. n., second segment of right antenna, dorsal and 
posterior views. 
