Coleopterological Notices, IV. 065 



funicle long and the remaining- ones small, the club relatively rather 

 large. The mandibles are small, stout, arcuate, notched at apex 

 and broadly decussate. Scutelluni small, densely squamose. Pro- 

 sternum with a broad, moderately deep impression along the middle, 

 which becomes gradually narrower, mpre profound and nipre ab- 

 ruptly defined toward apex. Anterior coxte rather approximate, 

 separated by scarcely one-half of their own width. Tarsal claws 

 small, perfectly connate through about basal third. The two species 

 before me may be readily recognized as follows : — 



Form narrowly rhomboid-oval ; prothorax but slightly wider than long ; scat- 

 tered white scales of the elytra long and narrow ; legs black ; antennje 

 piceous, with the club abruptly pale rufo-trstaceous IconspersilS 



Form rather broader, the prothorax much more transverse ; scattered white 

 scales larger, broader and much more conspicuous ; legs and antennae 

 pale rufo-testaceous throughout 2 difftisiis 



1 Catapastus conspersus Lee. — Proc. Am. Phil. Soc, XV, p. 318 

 (Zygobaris). 



Narrow, subrhomboidal, convex, black, the antennae piceous-black 

 with the club rufous ; vestiture dense, consisting of small narrow 

 dark red-brown squamules, which are broader, denser and nearly 

 white beneath, and with larger white scales remotely dispersed on 

 the elytra and more or less dense toward the sides of the pronotum, 

 the scutellum densely clothed with white scales. Beak thick, feebly 

 flattened toward apex, evenly, rather strongly arcuate, as long as 

 the prothorax in the male and scarcely longer in the female, densely 

 punctate and squamose, the basal constriction obsolete ; antennae 

 inserted distinctly beyond the middle in both sexes, basal joint of the 

 funicle about as long as the next four, second but slightly longer 

 than the third ; club rather large, oval, densely pubescent, with the 

 basal joint constituting one-third of the mass and not longer than 

 the second. Prothorax fully one-third wider than long, conical, the 

 sides arcuate at apical third, the constriction distinct ; apex three- 

 fifths as wide as the base ; punctures somewhat coarse, very deep 

 and dense, without impunctate line ; basal lobe very small. Elytra 

 distinctly wider than the prothorax and a little more than twice as 

 long, narrowly parabolic in outline, the striae rather coarse, abrupt, 

 normal ; intervals flat, about one-half wider than the grooves, finely 

 but strongly, confusedly and rather rugosely punctate. Length 

 1.7-2.3 mm. ; width 0.8-1.1 mm. 



Illinois, Michigan and Iowa ; numerous specimens. One example 

 is labeled " Florida," but I think by mistake. 



