Goleopterological Notices, VI. 439 



the angle less rounded, and the elytral sculpture is extremely 

 finely and closely imbricato-punctulate, almost as densel}' as in 

 Inoxi. As in that species, the epipleurae are A-ery wide, nearh' 

 flat, subhorizontal, densely pubescent and punctulate throughout 

 and broadly, feebl}' impressed in the middle toward base. I am 

 of the opinion that the few examples of this species thus far 

 taken in the United States are mere sporadic importations. 



3. C. opica Say — Traus. Am. Phil. Soc, IV., p. 467 ( Tachyporus ) ; 

 Horn; Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, VI., p. 112 (Conosoma); cinctula Er. : Gen. 

 Staph., p. 226 (Conurus); corticola Csy. : Cont. Col. N. A. II., p. 146 

 ( Conurus ) . 



Oval, strongl}' convex, rather shining, blackish, the basal margin 

 of the pronotum very narrowly and the base of the elytra broadl}-, 

 rufescent; antennte infuscate, pale toward base, the eleventh joint 

 yellowish ; legs pale. Head finely, sparsely punctulate, a little less 

 than one-half as wide as the prothorax, the antenna? rather short 

 and incrassate. the tenth joint distinctly transverse; last joint 

 of the maxillary palpi slender, oblique and subulate, but nearly 

 as long as the third. Prothorax two-thirds wider than long, the 

 apex three-fifths as wide as the base, the basal angles but slightly 

 prominent posteriorly and obtuseh" rounded ; disk not punctate 

 except the minute scars left by fallen hairs, Scutellum large, 

 tlie apex not at all rounded. Elytra not quite as long as wide, 

 distinctly longer than the prothorax, evenly and moderatel}' nar- 

 rowed from the base, the sculpture rather coarsely but feebly 

 imbricate. Abdomen gradually and evenly tapering throughout 

 the length, the erect bristles very short and inconspicuous except 

 at tip. Length l.T mm.; width 1.05 mm. 



New York to Virginia and westward. The male has the sixth 

 ventral broadly and triangularly emarginate at tip, the angle 

 rounded. The epipleurst are horizontal, wide, coarsely pubescent 

 throughout, and broadly and almost S3'mmetricall3' excavated 

 toward base. 



4. C imbricata Csy. — Cont. Descr. and Syst. Col. N. A., II., p. 143 

 (Conurus) ; jxtftfwen.s Horn nee Payk. : Traus. Am. Ent. Soc, VI., p. Ill; 

 adeps Zimm. i. litt. 



Suboval, rather stout, very strongly convex, blackish through- 

 out, the elytra generally more or less reddish ; legs rufous ; an- 

 tenna? blackish except at apex and toward base ; punctures of the 



