420 [June 



fuscous pubescence ; elytra obscure fuscous ; legs testaceous ; thorax 

 convex, even. 



Var. b. Elytra rufo-piceous. 



Length \\ line; breadth \ line. 



ffab. — Sitka. — Mannerheim. 



9. Oxypoda minuta. Sachse. 



Oxypoda minuta, Sachse, Stett. Ent. Zeits. 1852, p. 116. 



Piceous, opaque, very finely punctured, thinly pubescent ; mouth, 

 base of antennae, legs, elytra, and abdomen anteriorly, testaceous. 

 Length scarcely 1 line. 



Head small, round, very finely and closely punctured ; mouth yel- 

 lowish. Antennae not as long as the head and thorax, thicker towards 

 the apex, brown, the first joint paler. Thorax one-half shorter than 

 broad, the base as broad as the elytra, narrowed in front, slightly 

 rounded at the base and sides, the angles obtuse; above flatly elevated, 

 and like the head dark pitch brown, scarcely shining, very finely and 

 closely punctured, with a short, thin pubescence. Elytra about as long 

 as the thorax, paler or darker brownish-yellow, very closely and finely 

 punctured, finely pubescent. Abdomen narrowed towards the apex, 

 entirely covered with very close punctures and fine pubescence ; first 

 segment paler or darker brownish-yellow, three or four posterior seg- 

 ments blackish. Legs somewhat pale brownish-yellow. 



Hab. — Georgia. — Sachse. 



b. Head narrowed behind ; first joint of hind tarsi scarcely elongated. 



Genus 14.— PHLCE0P0RA, Erich. 

 Phlceopora latens, Erich. 



Phloeopora latens, Erich. Staph, p. 78. 3. 



Black, shining; base of antennae, and the legs, testaceous; elytra 

 rufous, fuscous at base ; thorax subquadrate, anterior angles rounded. 

 Length 1} line. 



Hab. — Pennsylvania. 



Black, shining, with grey pubescence. Antennae half again as long 

 as the head, the last joint short, ovate, apex somewhat obtuse; nigro- 

 piceous; first two joints testaceous, the apical joint brown. Palpi tes- 

 taceous. Head smaller than the thorax, although scarcely narrower, 

 suborbicular, sparsely punctured, with thin and fine pubescence ; the 

 front with a fine, slight channel on the middle. Thorax not shorter 

 than broad, a little narrower than the elytra, somewhat narrowed to- 

 wards the base; the sides before the middle, as well as the anterior 

 angles, rounded; sparsely and finely punctured, with thin grey pube- 



