298 fa:\[ily tx. — sgydm^nid.^. 



o. Larger, i.o or mure in lengtli. 

 p. Color piceous or paler, the elytra generally reddish or dnll yellow. 

 q. Length 1.0 mm.; elji;ra with snbhnmeral impressiuns large, deep 

 and eonspienons; dark reddisli-brown ; elytra paler red. 



5S4. CAPILLOSULUM. 



qq. Smaller. 1.3 mm. ; thorax small, not much over one-half as wide 

 as elytra, strongly impressed near base; color piceous. 



VOIATUM. 



pp. Black throughout, elytra with at most a faint piceous tinge; legs 

 pale dull yellow, thorax more than half as wide as elytra. 



NIGRUM. 



(w. Smaller, not over .!) of one mm. in length; basal joint of hind tai-si 

 not as long as the next two combined ; color piceous black, the ely- 

 tra pale reddish-brown. pumilum. 



C. loiifjipeuve and C. rfcnfigrr wi^ve hoth described by Casey 

 from Iowa. 



575 ( ). CoNivoPHRON FORMALE Casey. Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci., VII, 1S97. 



402. 



Elongate-oval, rather stout. Piceous-black ; elji:ra dark red. blackish 

 behind, thickly clothed with long bristling hairs; abdomen pale at apex; 

 legs and antenntie dark reddish-brown. Head slightly wider than long, clyio- 

 eal tooth distinct, triangular. Antenn?e one-half as long as body, club grad- 

 ually formed, the ninth joint but slightly longer than wide. Thorax as 

 Avide at base as long, sides feebly curved, base one-fourth wider than head. 

 Elytra twice as long and nearly twice as wide as thorax, humeral fold and 

 snbhnmeral impression well developed, basal fovere feeble ; subsutural im- 

 pressions distinct. Length 1.9 mm. 



Throughout the State; frequent. INTarch 20-Oetober 21. Oc- 

 curs beneath bark and rubbish. Resembles fossigcr but longer and 

 with the .joints of anteniuil club more gradually thickened. 



570 (1820). CoNNOPHRON Fi.AviTARSE Lec, Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., VI, 

 1852, 152. 

 Elongate-oval, rather stout. Black, shining; els^ra dull red except near 

 tips and thickly clothed with long fine hairs; legs reddish-piceous. tarsi pale 

 yellow. Head much wider than long, the clypeal tooth broadly triangular. 

 Antenufe less than half as long as body, the joints of club gradually increas- 

 ing in thickness. Thorax conical, not longer than wide, the base one-fourth 

 wider than head. El:\i^ra one-half longer than wide, humeral fold strong, of 

 moderate length, sutui-e finely elevated toward base, the basal fovea dis- 

 tinct. Length 1.8 mm. 



Marion and I'oscy counties; scarce April 21-November 28. 



*577 (1827). CoNiXOPHRON fossmer Lec. Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., VI, 



1852, 152. 



Rather stout, fusiform. Black ; elytra reddish, blackish toward tips. 



thickly ch^tlied with long pale hairs; legs and antenn.-e reddish-brown, the 



femora bhickish. Head wider than long, clypeal tooth small, triangular. 



