June, I9I7-] SCHAEFFER : NORTH AMERICAN ClERID.^. 129 



Syiicalxpta is an interesting beetle on account of its contractile 

 powers, for not only can the legs be folded up and tucked away into 

 recesses provided for them, but the head can be folded beneath the 



Underside of Syucalypta, fully contracted, drawn by Chris E. Olsen. 



thorax, so that eyes, antennae, and mouth parts disappear entirely. 

 The adjoining sketch by Mr. Chris. E. Olsen will give a better idea 

 of its appearance than a lengthy description. The European species 

 is said to live in sandy shores by bodies of water. 



ON SOME NORTH AMERICAN CLERID^ (COL.). 



By Charles Schaeffer, 



Brooklyn, N. Y. 



Csmiatodera antennata Schaeffer. 



C. antennata Schaef. Journ. N. Y. Ent. Soc. XVI, 128 (1908). 



C. soror Wolc. Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Publ. 144. Zool. Series VII, 342. 



The unique specimen from which Wolcott described his soror is 

 undoubtedly a male and not a female as it agrees in every respect 

 with my antennata. The female has the second and third antennal 



