Epicauta (epikata)

[NL., Blister-beetles. a, Epicauta pardalis; b, Epicauta maculata. (Lines show natural sizes.) parts. The anterior femora have a sericeous spot, and the antennæ are filiform. The numerous species are of medium size, elongate, cylindric, and more or le densely punctulate and pubescent. E. pardalis (J. L. Le Conte) and E. maculata (Say) are not rare in the western territories of the United States; both are black, with dense yellowish-white pubescence, and have on the elytra denuded black spots, large and smooth in E. pardalis, small, opaque, and pubescent in E. maculata. E. margin at a (Fabric i us), which is common in the Atlantic States, is black, with the head and thorax usually covered with cinereous pubescence, and the elytra either entirely black or narrowly margined with cinereous. The larvæ of Epi cauta prey upon locusts' eggs. epicedet, epicedt (ep'i-sed, -sed), n. [ an epicedium. And on the banckes each cypre bow'd his head, To hear the swan sing her owne epiced . W. Browne , Britannia's Pastorals, i. 5. epicedia, n. Plural of epicedium . epicedial (ep-i-sē'di-al), a. [ epicedium + -al .] Same as epicedian .