Coleopierological Notices, V. 455 



Anteiinse louger, the club normally small ; eyes more or less prominent ; 

 elytra much wider than the head II 



Antennae short, the clnb larger and thicker, as long as the preceding six 

 joints ; eyes more inferior, scarcely visible from above ; elytra parallel, 

 not appreciably wider than the head Ill 



Group I is represented by difficilis, congemer, sexualis, spinifer, 

 linearis, hudsoniciis, interrupt us and probably longissimus ; group 

 II by longicollis, confluens, elongaius, californicus and ioivensis 

 and group III by perfenuis. Group II is apparently homologous 

 with European species of the honiundoiri type. 



The true position of planipennis and rotundicollis of Brcndel 

 cannot be definitely stated at present ; they are apparently both 

 peculiar, not only in the smaller head but in other features also, 

 and in the subjoined catalogue I have placed them at the end as 

 requiring further investigation. 



The name longicollis is preoccupied by Reitter for a New Zealand 

 species, but as the two may in reality belong to different genera it 

 is not advisable to change the name just now. The same remark 

 applies to linearis Lee. and lineaiHs || King and rotundicollis Reitt. 

 and 7-otundicolhs |] Brend. 



The following species seem to be undescribed : — 



E. IllldsonicilS n. sp — Slender, somewhat convex, polished and pale 

 rul'o-testaceous throughout ; pubescence short, coarse and rather dense ; head 

 and pronotum with very coarse feeble punctures, which can scarcely be indi- 

 vidually defined but which give a feebly asperate and uneven appearance ; 

 elytra and abdomen subimpunctate. Bead about as wide as the prothorax, 

 a little wider than long, broadly truncate at apex, the foveffi distant, behind 

 the middle, the middle of the vertex strongly convex ; parabolic sulcus very 

 deep ; antennae nearly as long as the head and prothorax, normal ; eyes small 

 but prominent, the tempora slightly convergent, nearly straight and a little 

 longer than the eye. Prothorax distinctly wider than long, widest just before 

 the middle where the sides are broadly rounded to the apex, convergent and 

 unevenly serrulate to the base, somewhat prominent opposite the foveae ; disk 

 with an elongate pit extending from near the apex to the middle, also with 

 the usual deep subbasal excavation connected with the lateral foveae. Elytra 

 about as long as wide, nearly as long as the head and prothorax, one-half 

 wider than tlie latter ; base strongly quadrifoveate ; discal stria distinct, 

 vanishing before the middle ; sides subparallel, broadly arcuate ; humeri 

 distinct. Abdomen subequal in length to the elytra and a little narrower. 

 Length 1.25 mm. ; width 0.35 mm. 



New" York. 



The type is a male and has the fourth ventral segment even 

 along its apical edge, but with two feeble approximate transverse 



