Epicaerus (Epicaerus) durangoensis Sharp 1891

Prothorax densely clothed above with brown scales, a cruciform patch on the disc and a stripe on each flank white, the elytra obsoletely, interruptedly fasciate with brown, the scales on the rest of the surface whitish; the rostrum somewhat deeply furrowed; the prothorax (as seen with the vestiture intact) comparatively smooth, the intermixed coarser punctures inconspicuous; the elytral interstices flat, the seriate punctures appearing fine till the scales are removed.

Hab.MEXICO, Durango city (Höge).

Angustus, ubique griseo-squamosus, in elytris subvariegatus, setulisque brevibus vestitus; elytris seriebus punctorum haud remotorum, interstitiis subconvexis.
 
Long. 7 millim.

Antennæ with moderately long slender club, which is black in colour. Rostrum oblong, densely squamose, very feebly canaliculate along the middle, with a deep, moderately long frontal channel. Thorax 2 millim. long, slightly transverse, densely covered with grey and brown squamosity, which conceals the rugose surface; there is a shallow and obsolete channel along the middle. Elytra covered with grey and pale brown squamosity, the squamosity much mottled, but not forming any definite pattern; with quite regular series of rather fine deep punctures, and with a recumbent setosity on the interstices. Legs densely covered with squamosity.

This insect was described from four good specimens from Durango city. Mr Wickham has sent us two somewhat worn females from Tepehuanes, Durango, that seem to belong to the same species:—

Var. ? Prothorax densely clothed above with brown scales, a cruciform patch on the disc and a stripe on each flank white, the elytra obsoletely, interruptedly fasciate with brown, the scales on the rest of the surface whitish; the rostrum somewhat deeply furrowed; the prothorax (as seen with the vestiture intact) comparatively smooth, the intermixed coarser punctures inconspicuous; the elytral interstices flat, the seriate punctures appearing fine till the scales are removed.