182 Journal New York Entomological Society. 



[Vol. XXVI. 



C. subterranea new species. 



Pale rufo-testaceous, head and thorax shining. Elytra dull. Head ellip- 

 tJl^l excluding the globular basal part, about three times as long as broad and 

 three fourths as broad as prothorax, broadly and shallowly grooved at sides 

 of front and with a few fine striae within the grooves and posterior to the 

 same; the antenn^e fully three fourths length of body and with outer joints 

 somewhat enlarged. Prothorax about three times as long as broad, base 

 slightly emarginate. Apex truncate and three fourths width of base, the sides 

 gradually divergent and almost straight from apex to beyond middle where 

 they become slightly arcuate and then gradually sinuate to base, the lateral 

 margin finely but distinctly and acutely defined, more evident hasally, the disc 

 smooth and but slightly convex, the median longitudinal line fine and extend- 

 ing from base to close to apex, the anterior and basal transverse lines vaguely 

 defined. Elytra elliptical, over twice as long as broad and two and a half 

 times as broad as thorax, apices of each elytron obtusely pointed and di- 

 vergent, the lateral margin clearly defined and slightly reflexed, the disc barely 

 convex and with striae fine and complete, the surface minutely alutaceous. 

 Body beneath dull. Length 8.5 mm., breadth 2 mm. 



Type, a unique female captured March 12-18, 1903, in a cave 

 near Austin, Texas, by Professor J. H. Comstock. The specimen is 

 now deposited in the collection of the entomological department of 

 Cornell University at Ithaca, N. Y. 



BOREAPHILUS, A GENUS OF STAPHYLINID 

 COLEOPTERA NEW TO NORTH AMERICA. 



By Howard Notman, 

 Brooklyn. N. Y. 



The genus Borcaphilns was first described by Sahlberg. (Ins. 

 Fenn. I, 433, i.) It has not been possible to consult this description. 

 It is stated by Lacordaire, however, that Erichson's description is a 

 repetition of the original. (Erich. Gen. et Sp. Staph., p. 899; Lac. 

 Gen. des Col.. II, p. 138.) It is as follows: 



"Palpi anteriores 4-articulati, articulo tertio clavato, ultimo parvo, 

 subulato, posteriores minuti, filiformes. Mandibula elongata, tenuis, 

 falcata, Integra. Antennae subfiliformes, extrorsum paulo crassiores. 

 Corpus postice dilatatum. Caput orbiculatum, subexsertum. Thorax 

 oblongus." 



