V34 Goleoj)terological Notices^ VI. 



fourth, the sides thence strongly oblique and nearly straight for 

 a short distance to the basal margin, which is tumid at the sides, 

 becoming gradually narrower to the middle of the dorsal surface; 

 collar short, not constricted, but separated from the pronotum 

 by a fine deep line. Elytra very large, three-fourths longer than 

 wide, fully two and one-half times as wide as the prothorax, par- 

 allel and feeblj' arcuate at the sides, the apex circularly rounded; 

 humeri very widely exposed at base; post-scutellar impression 

 distinct, the omoplates feeble ; punctures very coarse and deep, 

 well separated, becoming finer toward apex. Abdomen densely 

 pubescent. Legs moderately short, somewhat stout, the femora 

 not in the least clavate. Length 2.6-2,9 mm.; width 0.95-1.15 mm. 

 Rhode Island, New York and Iowa (Iowa City and Independ- 

 ence). The paler coloration assigned by LaFerte is probabl}^ 

 due to immaturit}', as this is without ranch doubt the species de- 

 scribed by that author, and is one of the largest of the genus. 

 The male sexual characters are pronounced, the anterior coxoe 

 being posteriorly spinose, the anterior tibise slightly bent inward 

 toward apex and densely clothed with short stiff hairs, the fifth 

 ventral with a short, broadly rounded and abrujjtly porrect lobe 

 at apex which is finely and transversely impressed at its base, 

 the genital segment coriaceous and broadly sinuate, and the cop- 

 iilator\^ spicule short, slender, with an elongate and feebly dilated, 

 evenly and acuteh' lanceolate tip. 



2. S. riisticiis n. sp. — Moderately stout and con vex, sliinin<i, the pronotum 

 dull, black; abdomen not paler; legs and antenn;c towards base slightl}' pices- 

 cent; pubescence short and fine, abundant but ratlier dark in color, the longer 

 hairs of the elytra inclined and not very conspicuous. Head convex, much wider 

 than long, truncate and very feebly, medially impressed at base; temporal 

 angles broadly rounded to the eyes, the latter rather large and somewhat 

 prominent, very coarsely faceted as usual; antennie not quite as long as the 

 head and prothorax, somewhat slender, the joints obconical, bristling as usual 

 with long erect seta; in addition to the short pubescence, club feeble, the ninth 

 joint much longer than wide and longer tlian the tenth Avhich is not wider than 

 long and obconical, eleventh rather short, only slightly longer tlian tbe tenth, 

 pointed. Profhorti.r (juite distinctly narrower than the head, almost as long 

 as wide, convex, parallel and rounded at the sides in apical half, then con- 

 vergent and sinuate to the base which is broad and margined; collar short and 

 vei-y broad, not constiicted; punctures moderately line, strong and very dense 

 throughout. Elytra long, fully four-fifths longer than w ide, but little more 

 than twice Jis wide as the prothorax, parallel and arcuate at the sides, becoming 

 straight in l)asjil fiftb; apex circularly- and not very In'oadly rounded; humeri 



