Goleopterolocjical Notices, VI. 735 



■broadly exposed and rounded to the prothorax; post-sen tellar impression 

 distinct, the intra-humeral suhohsolete; onioplates large and very feeble; 

 pnnctures sparse and only moderateh' coarse. Abdomen dull, very densely 

 clothed Avith short fine and dark pubescence. Legs moderately long and some- 

 Avhat stout. Length 2.75 nun. ; Avidtli 0.9-1.0 mm. 



Iowa (Keokuk). 



The description is taken from the male, which has ver}^ feeble 

 sexual characters in striking contrast to the preceding species. 

 The anterior legs and trochanters are normal, the fifth ventral 

 much longer than the fourth, unmodified on the disk, the apex 

 feebly truncate and with a finely but strongly beaded edge, the 

 genital segment dark and subcorneous, perfectly even on the disk, 

 with the apex broadly and evenly truncate. The female diff"ers 

 from the male considerably in general form, the prothorax being 

 smaller, shorter and more narrowly rounded at the sides ante- 

 riorly, the elytra relatively much broader, more strongly arcuate at 

 the sides and nearly two and one-half times as wide as the pro- 

 thorax. The single pair represents a species allied in general 

 characters to pubescens. 



3. S. fulvipes Laf.— Mon., p. 177; Lee. : Proc. Acad., Phila., 1S52, p. 102 

 (Anthiciis). 



Moderately stout, convex, polished, the pronotum dull, black 

 to brownish-black, the head, prothorax and under surface fre- 

 quently dark piceo-rufous ; antenna and legs throughout pale 

 rufo-testaceous ; apices of the abdominal segments clouded with 

 blackish ; pubescence rather short, abundant, pale and conspicu- 

 ous, the longer hairs of the elytra inclined and not very notice- 

 able. Head transverse, very minutely and sparsely punctate, the 

 eyes large and prominent. Prothorax much narrower than the 

 head, not quite as long as wide, strongly rounded at the sides 

 anteriorly, narrowed and sinuate thence to the base, which is dis- 

 tinctly margined ; disk finel}^ but strongly, very densely punctate. 

 El3^tra barely three-fourths longer than wide, distinctly more than 

 twice as wide as the prothorax, wider behind the middle than at 

 base, the sides arcuate ; punctures sparse and coarse. Abdomen 

 pubescent ; metasternum almost impunctate. Length 2.25-2.5 

 mm.; width 0.8-0.9 mm. 



Texas and Louisiana, — Cab. LeConte. I obtained a good series 

 of this species at Galveston. The male, from which the above 

 outline is drawn, has the anterior trochanters and tibiie unmodi- 



