T36 Coleopterological Notices, VI. 



fied, the fifth ventral broadly rounded or subtruncate and even at 

 apex, with the edge finely beaded, the genital segment feebly 

 sinuato-truncate, the copulatory sheath long, flat, graduall}^ tap- 

 ering to an acute point, moderately arcuate downward to near the 

 apex, then feebly turned upward in a slight sigmoid curve, the 

 efferent duct slender, much shorter than the superior corneous 

 spicule, flattened and lanceolate at apex, and apparently with the 

 opening on its upper surface. 



4. S. COloiius u. sp. — Eather stout and convex, shining, the pronotum 

 duller, pale castaneous, the head, protliorax and antennae paler and more 

 rufous, the latter slightly inf uscate at apex ; entire under surface and legs pale 

 flavo-testaceous; pubescence somewhat short and abundant, the longer hairs 

 of the elytra inclined and only moderately distinct. Head transverse, con- 

 vex, truncate but scarcely at all impressed at base, the temjioral angles 

 broadly rounded to the eyes, vihich are large and prominent; punctures min- 

 ute and sparse; antennse short, slender, the club thick, rather compact and 

 darker. Protliorax much narrower than the head, not quite as long as wide, 

 somewhat broadly rounded at the sides in apical half, deeply sinuate thence 

 to the expanded and strongly margined base, which is about as wide as the 

 disk; punctures fine but strong, unequal in size and only moderately densely 

 crowded. Elytra fully three-fourths longer than a\ ide, much more than twice 

 as wide as the protliorax, parallel and much rounded at the sides except 

 toward base, the apex rather narrowly and subparabolically rounded; humeri 

 moderately exposed and rounded to the protliorax; disk strongly impressed 

 behind the scutellum, the omoplates feeble; punctures moderately coarse and 

 sparse. Abdomen minutely, densely punctate, the interspaces polished; 

 pubescence dense but fine and not very conspicuous. Legs short, the femora 

 moderately stout. Length 2.5 mm. ; width 0.9 mm. 



Delaware. 



The single specimen before me is of undeterminable sex ; the 

 fifth ventral has a rounded and very shallow, sparsely punctate 

 median area, but the segment is short, only slightly longer than 

 the fourth, and there are no other essentially male characters, 

 although there seems to be a coriaceous genital segment visible 

 by glancing under the tip of the fifth. This species is allied to 

 fulvi2)es, but diflTers in its paler color, larger size, closer and less 

 coarse el3^tral punctuation and denser vestiture ; the elytra are a 

 little longer. 



5. S. llispidulus n. sp. — Stout, convex, shining, the pronotum dull, pale 

 rufo-testaceous throughout, the antennal club and elytral suture frecjuently 

 inf uscate; pubescence rather long and erect, abundant, pale, bristling and 



