2 NatrurAL History BULLETIN. 
thighs clavate. The form of the whole body resembles that 
of Decarthron longulum. 
Habitat. Louisiana, South Carolina. 
E. rurus, Zec. Larger than £&. glaber, differing in the 
form of the prothorax, which is described as less narrow 
behind and less sinuate at the sides near the base. Length, 
1.25mm. Alabama. Unknown to us. 
PsELAptus, Leconte. 
Head broadly excavated in front obtusely elevated each side 
above the distant antennal fovee, front not retuse, convex, 
{produced). Antenne eleven jointed, first and second joints 
a little stouter and longer, cylindrical; third to eighth shorter; 
ninth and tenth a little broader and slightly longer; eleventh 
pointed, oval, one-half longer than wide, and double the width 
of the tenth, outer part pubeScent, with long hairs. AZaxdllary 
palpi as in Bryaxis, second joint long, clavate, third rounded, 
fourth elongate oval, acute, with a terminal seta. Prothorax 
very convex, campanulate, feebly transversely impressed near 
the base, without fovee. /ytra convex, wider behind, with- 
out striz or punctures. Addomen with dorsal segments con- 
' vex, finely margined, the first longer, with two short parallel 
caring not very widely separated, intermediate ventral seg- 
ments short. 
P. BELFRAGEI, Zec. Rufous, pubescence fine, sericeous; 
head broadly impressed in front, prothorax without fovee. 
Elytra impunctate without striz. First dorsal segment with 
two parallel lines. Posterior tibiz long, slightly curved. The 
frontal impression is less deep at the middle than at the sides. 
Length, 1.0 mm. 
Habitat. Texas. 
VertTiciINotTus, Brendel. 
Elongate, polished, thinly pubescent, prothorax subglobose, 
without lateral fovee, elytra without basal fovez, abdomen 
not broadly margined, with a linear transverse bar at the 
