4r>() FAMILY XI. — STAI'IIVI.IXID.K. 



(111. I'.otly inori' eloiii,':ite, sulxleproissed ; liiml .-m.^lcs (if thorax acute; 

 cohir wliolly picooiis. S(!(i. Ei.o.\(iATA. 



cr. -Middli' lil)i:e witli two disliiid Iciininnl spiii's. 



• r. Klytra without a row of bristlo-beariiij,' iiuii<-tures along the margin. 

 /■. Abdominal segments without long setre along the sides. 

 !!. Klytra densely punctuhite, as long as wide; length 4 mm. 



867. PUBESCENS. 



!/</. Klytra smooth, each with three or four very fine raised lines; 



length 2 nun. 808. carinula. 



//■. .\bdoniinal segments with long set:ie at the sides, arising from 



rathei- lai'ge deep imiiclui-es ; elytra more or less reddish at 



base. 



/*. 'I'horax with minute transverse strigre between the punctures; 



elytra with entire basal margin red. 809. opicum. 



////. Thorax very finely punctate, not strigose ; elytra with a reil 



siKit on base nearer the suture than the margin. 



870. BASALE. 



cc. Elytra with a x'ow of bristle-bearing punctures akmg the sides; ab- 

 domen with setiTe at the sides; pale reddish-yellow, elytra with 

 tip and discal spot piceous. 871. scbiptum. 



C. liitoremn Linn., a European sper-ies, 8.5-4 nnn. in length, is 

 known from IMa.ssaehnsetts and Canada, and has been recorded by 

 Dnry from Cincinnati. 



804 (2047). CoNosoMA knoxii Lee, Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., 1800, 374. 



Oval, subdepressed. Head and apical third or more of thorax black, 

 shining; basal portion of thorax, a large oval space on each elytron, legs 

 and l>ase and ajiex of anteniue dull yellow; abdomen reddisli-yellow. its last 

 llM-ce segments, the sides atid apex of elyti'a, and tlie under surface piceous. 

 'I'lior.ix liroadcr than elytr;;, hind angles subacute, disk finely alutaceous 

 ai'd. as well as elytra, densely and very finely imnctate and pubescent. 

 I'^lyti-a oiie-tliird longer than wide. Length 3.5-4 mm. 



Marion and I'utnatn coniilies; scai*c(\ Se])teinl)er 25-N()venil)er 

 2<S. Taken l»y sil'lino' dainp veo('t;il)le (lel)ris. 



*S(;.-) (2048). CoNo.soMA cRASSTM (irav.. .^^on. Col. Micr.. ISOC. P.Ht. 



Oval, convex. Piceous, sjiarsely dollied with line pale l>ro\\n pubes- 

 eeiiee; thorax and elyti-a usually willi a narrow reddish s|i;ice at base of 

 each; anteniue dusky, the apical joint paler; under surface reddish-brown, 

 the legs paler. Tlioi-ax slightly wider than elytra, sides regularly curved; 

 hind angles lu'oadly rounded; disk linely and densely punctate. Klytra to- 

 gether as long as wi(i.e, densely and more distinctly imnctate than thorax. 

 Length '.\ ~) mm. 



'riu'onolioiit llie State; coinmoii. .laiinary 21- November 17. 

 Occurs beneath l)ark and on Funiii. Onr larocst species. 



806 ( ). Co.xosoMA I'.r.oNOATA sj). nov. 



I'^iongate-oval. subde])res.sed. IMceous, shining, siiarsely clothed with 

 tine browuish-yellow inibescence ; antenme and legs reddish-brown. Thorax 



