Epicaerus (Diorynotus) paradae (Sharp 1891)

Hab.MEXICO, Parada (Sallé).

Niger, subænescens, nitidus, squamulis pallidis variegatus; rostro crasso, profundius tri-impresso; prothorace disco foveolis magnis impresso; elytris punctis seriatis subvariolosis impressis.
 
Long. 7½—8½ millim.

Antennæ with much white setosity, extending quite to the base of the moderately broad club, the latter black. Rostrum broad and very short, nitid, finely punctate, with only a very minute punctiform fovea on the forehead, but in front of the eyes with three very deep impressions—the lateral one on each side unusually deep, the median one remarkably broad and abruptly terminated in front in a rounded manner. Thorax short and broad, slightly narrowed in front, at the sides covered with pale squamosity, on the disc with some large punctures or depressions, two of which form along the middle an interrupted sulcus abbreviated behind. Elytra with series of rather large, moderately deep punctures, separated by somewhat convex interstices, and with a pallid squamosity arranged so as to leave a dark mark behind the middle, which mark is dilated and angular on the suture behind. Legs short.
 
We have received only two specimens of this distinct species. They are probably male and female, the latter being much the broader.