Coleopterological Notices, VI. 439 



the angle less rounded, and the elytral sculpture is extremely 

 finely and closel}' imbricato-punctulate, almost as denselj' as in 

 knoxi. As in that species, the epipleur^e are ver}- wide, nearly 

 flat, subhorizontal, densely pubescent and punctulate throughout 

 and broadly, feebl}- impressed in the middle toward base. I am 

 of the opinion that the few examples of this species thus far 

 taken in the United States are mere sporadic importations. 



3. t'. opica Say— Traus. Am. Phil. Soc, lY., p. 467 (Tachyporus); 

 Horn; Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, VI., p. 112 (Couosoma); cincMa Er. : Gen. 

 Staph., p. 226 (Conurus); corticola Csy. : Cout. Col. X. A. II., p. 146 

 (Conurus). 



Oval, strongly convex, rather shining, blackish, the basal margin 

 of the pronotum very narrowl^^ and the base of the elytra broadl}^ 

 rufescent; antenna infuscate, pale toward base, the eleventh joint 

 yellowish ; legs pale. Head finely, sparseh' punctulate, a little less 

 than one-half as wide as the prothorax, the antennas rather short 

 and incrassate, the tenth joint distincth- transverse; last joint 

 of the maxillary palpi slender, oblique and subulate, but nearly 

 as long as the third. Prothorax two-thirds wider than long, the 

 apex three-fifths as wide as the base, the basal angles but slightly 

 prominent posteriorly and obtuseh' rounded ; disk not punctate 

 except the minute scars left by fallen hairs. Scutellum large, 

 the apex not at all rounded. El^'tra not quite as long as wide, 

 distinctly longer than the prothorax, evenly and moderately nar- 

 rowed from the base, the sculpture rather coarsely but feebly 

 imbricate. Abdomen graduallj^ and evenly tapering throughout 

 the length, the erect bristles ver^- short and inconspicuous except 

 at tip. Length 1.1 mm.; width 1.05 mm. 



New York to Virginia and westward. The male has the sixth 

 ventral broadly and triangularly emarginate at tip, the angle 

 rounded. The epipleurje are horizontal, wide, coarsely pubescent 

 throughout, and broadly and almost symmetrically excavated 

 toward base. 



4. C. iinbricata Csy.— Cent. Descr. and Syst. Col. N. A., II., p. 143 

 iConmua) ; jn'^c'stcenii Horn nee Payk. : Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, YL, p. Ill; 

 adeps Zimm. i. litt. 



Suboval, rather stout, very strongly convex, blackish through- 

 out, the el^'tra generally more or less reddish ; legs rufous ; an- 

 tenna blackish except at apex and toward base ; punctures of the 



