512 Coleopterological Notices, V. 



S. castanipes Kirby — Faun. Bor. Am., IV, p. 109. 



Elongate, oblong, convex, polished, black and glabrous, the an- 

 tennse rufous; legs piceo-rufous, the head minutely sparsely and 

 obsoletely, the pronotum more closely and strongly punctate, the 

 punctures coarse dense and confused in a transverse area near the 

 base and also broadly along the median line near the base; elytra 

 with feebly impressed, coarsely and closely punctured striae, con- 

 fused near the apex and obliterated on the flanks, the intervals 

 feebly sparsely and more finely punctate; sutural stria subimpunc- 

 tate, becoming at base a series of coarse punctures, curved outward 

 along the base to the fourth stria. Head not quite vertical, flat 

 above ; eyes convex, separated by four or five times their own 

 width ; antennae about as long as the prothorax, the third joint a 

 little shorter than the fourth, not quite three times as long as wide. 

 Prothorax one-third wider than long, widest just before the middle ; 

 sides subparallel and strongly sinuate thence to the base, broadly 

 rounded and convergent to the apex ; base broadly evenly and 

 feebly bisinuate. Scutellum large, semicircular. Elytra one-fourth 

 longer than wide, oblong, nearly twice as long as the prothorax 

 and one-third wider ; sides subparallel, feebly arcuate. Length 

 4.8 mm.; width 2.3 mm. 



Lake Superior. Taken in some abundance by Mr. Schwarz, to 

 whom I am indebted for the two specimens in my cabinet. This 

 species was unknown to Dr. LeConte when he drew up his synopsis 

 of the family. 



CYPARIUm Erichs. 



This genus is very isolated, but seems to be somewhat more 

 closely related to Scaphium than to Scaphidium, although resem- 

 bling the latter in general form and habitus. We have only one 

 si»ecies : — 



C. flaTipes Lee— Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci., Phila., 1860, p. 322. 



Broadly oblong-oval, highly polished, glabrous, black, the elytra, 

 legs and antennee paler, rufo-castaneous ; integuments not distinctly 

 puuctulate, the elytra with partial series of rather coarse punctures, 

 confused at apex, the series becoming longer toward the suture, the 

 sutural stria alone impressed, punctate, flexed outward at base, be- 

 coming a fine impunctate basal stria extending beyond the middle. 

 Head slightly inflexed ; eyes very large, separated by less than 



